Vigilance During the Superintendent Search

CANDIDATES FOR TOP SCHOOL SYSTEM POSTS HAVE MUCH TO CONSIDER TO ENSURE THE NEXT JOB IS THE RIGHT JOB

Each of us has felt the impact of increased societal demands — never more so than during the past eight months with the unprecedented scrutiny and pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, we relish our work and we are dedicated to it.

As current and former superintendents, we want our colleagues to meet with success, but we worry we will not have enough experienced leaders who are willing to become superintendents to guide our school systems in the coming decades. Our worry has only increased since those nearest to the top post have a good view of the extraordinary stress and uncharted route that leaders in public schools are facing during the current health crisis on top of the illumination of age-old inequities that deeply divide our country.