I am wondering if anyone else is curious why the search for a superintendent failed to produce at least one good candidate who has a record of moving through the ranks and is currently a superintendent of another large district.
Oftentimes, the largest school districts like Minneapolis find their superintendents in the ranks of successful superintendents in either very large suburbs or slightly smaller cities. It seems to be quite common for the candidate pools for large city superintendents to include several current superintendents from these smaller cities who want the challenge (and benefits and prestige) of moving up the largest districts. It strikes me as very odd that either no one serving as a superintendent of another large district, albeit smaller than Minneapolis, was either interested or "qualified" to be a candidate for the Minneapolis position. I am extremely disappointed with the three finalists. Two career, mid-level educrats with modest resumes and a former investment banker with no public sector background who tried to run a large school district like a business and was essentially fired. Perhaps one of these three is the "diamond in the rough" and we will get lucky! But, I am not optimistic. I cannot help wonder what all of the people who were so adamantly opposed to Dave Jennings being named superintendent find in these three candidates that is so much better than Mr. Jennings? If it were up to me, I would fire the search firm, declare none of the three candidates suitable and start the process anew. Minneapolis public schools deserve better. Jim Bernstein Fulton REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
