PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.- Plattsburgh City District Superintendent
James M. Short has announced his plans for retirement for the next school year.
He has served as top school administrator since July 2006.
The Plattsburgh City School District Board of Education will
begin the search for a new superintendent. According to Jay Lebrun, Associate
Superintendent Plattsburgh School District, the search process is expected to
take at least four months.
David Barooduy, Plattsburgh High School Assistant Principal
said, “The Board of Education will initially meet
and discuss a variety of topics including, should they use a search firm? What
type of candidates should they be looking for? And what process should be used
to screen/evaluate possible candidates?”
“We will do a statewide search which will involve sending
out information to certain media sites, we will set deadlines, pay scale, and
qualifications. We will form committees to do the interviews and help the Board
in our Ultimate decision,” said Tract Rotz, Vice President Plattsburgh City School District.
In addition, Baroodey and Lebrun note that the
roles and responsibilities of the Plattsburgh school board of education include
picking groups to interview prospective candidates, and determine the costs for
the entire process.
Short said, “The Board of Education is working
with Dr. Mark Davey, BOCES Superintendent for his services to conduct a
state-wide Superintendent search. BOCES Superintendents commonly perform this
service for local schools. A position advertisement brochure and series of
media posts will be developed in the near future and should be out circulating
just prior to the December break. Advertising will continue through February.”
Once applicants have been narrowed down in February, to two
or three, a next step is to have “The Board of Education and series of smaller committees
conduct longer interviews with final few candidates.” said Lebrun. “Perhaps one
with Teachers, one with Administrators, one with support staff or one with
parents. This may also include a visit to the candidates' home district to meet
colleagues.”
“During March the Board will conduct a series
of interview steps involving the greater school community. The plan is to have
the new Superintendent named by April. Most schools require administrators to
provide a 90 day notice if they are leaving for another position. April allows
for the person to be ready to begin in Plattsburgh by July 1” said Short.
Lebrun
agrees, “In March the board appoints the selected candidate and approves the
negotiated contract. The chosen
Superintendent will then spend April, May and June meeting with various staff
and community members, working with outgoing Superintendent, etc., before
beginning work on July 1.”
Some of
the challenges discussed by the Plattsburgh City School Board of Education that
the New Superintendent will walk into include taking care of the merging of
athletics in Plattsburgh and Chazy schools, and also the High Stakes tests that
they are making all the school take.
“Although
Local area mergers, such as the one between Westport and
Elizabethtown-Lewis Central schools are not an immediate concern to the new
candidate.” Dawn Stetz, Secretary
to Superintendent & District Clerk said, “We haven’t and are not in the process of doing so.” As
soon as a new superintendent is picked he will begin to look into all of these
last minute problems that need to be solved.
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