[Mpls] MPS Superintendent Search Update

[Melissa Winter]

The Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education continues to be 
on-track in their search for the next Superintendent.

As they have moved through the process, the Board has valued the 
extensive input that the community provided this past winter about the 
qualities the community would like finalists to have and the criteria 
the Board should use when selecting them. (You can read a summary of the 
input here: http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/Superintendent_Search)

Now as the Board approaches the end of the process, the decision of who 
will be finalists, and ultimately who will be chosen as the next 
superintendent, is the sole responsibility of the Board of Education 
Directors.

The Board plans to name finalists next week at a press conference that 
will be televised live on cable channel 15 (Minneapolis Time Warner).

At that press conference, a time for the community to meet and 
participate in a moderated discussion with the finalists will be 
announced. It is the hope that this meeting will be broadcast live on 
Channel 15, with replays on KBEM radio/Jazz 88.

Immediately following the press conference, finalists names and 
biosalong with information on the public meetingwill be released on 
the districts Web site, KBEM/Jazz 88 and Channel 15; and shared through 
the districts multiple e-mail and communications lists.

The process will move quickly once finalists are named. If you have a 
question that you would like a finalist to be asked, you are invited to 
e-mail it now to superintendent.questions at mpls.k12.mn.us or call 
612-668-0230.

We'll keep you posted.

-- 
Melissa Winter
Communications Department
612.668.0228
www.mpls.k12.mn.us

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