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By RONI REINO
rreino@fosters.com
Thursday, May 5, 2011
DURHAM — Oyster River School Board members and Superintendent Howard Colter are expected to meet during a public meeting today at 4 p.m.
This "core committee" was created at the April 27 school board meeting with the intent to help designate a new high school principal search committee after members rejected the superintendent's nomination in early April.
For two months, 15 members of the high school principal search committee sifted through 44 applications and by early April, had narrowed the field down to two final candidates.
Board members have said they are considering creating a new search committee and provide them with direction on how to select a high school candidate.
In a statement, board members said their decision not to select the superintendent's principal nomination was due to "uncertainty about pending state budget cuts and the impact of the Superintendent's departure in June 2012."
School Board Chair Henry Brackett and members Ann Lane and Megan Turnbull will join Colter on the core committee. The group will select members of the search committee, but have yet to say whether the possible pending budget cuts will affect their decision to select a principal for the coming school year.
Core Committee members are expected to work with a hiring consultant to determine who should be selecting candidates for the high school principal and provide direction to the process.
An e-mail dated April 20 from Brackett and Vice Chair Ann Wright said the board would ensure a principal would be in place for the 2011/2012 school year. Current principal Laura Rogers will be leaving at the end of the year.
Today's public meeting will be held at the Oyster River School District Central Office at 36 Coe Drive.
The Foster's article is incorrect on the makeup of the core committee. The core committee is comprised of superintendent Howard Colter with school board members Henry Brackett, Ann Lane, and Krista Butts.
ReplyDeleteIf you read the article in Foster's they have the correct names. I'm not sure who changed the names here.
ReplyDeleteSue -- Foster's corrected the error in the online edition between the time this blog entry was posted (9:26am) and when you read it.
ReplyDeleteLet's see... How many School Board members have rsigned during the past five years? 2,3 or 4? Can't you just feel the love brothers and sisters? Can't you just feel the love!
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