The district posted a tentative schedule for the superintendent search timeline on its website. The application deadline is Feb. 6, and the trustees will review applications Feb. 10-13. Best qualified applicants will be selected Feb. 14 and the initial round of interviews will be Feb. 20-22.
Follow-up interviews are planned for Feb. 26-March 1, and the board expects to name the lone finalist March 2. The board will vote to hire the finalist March 23 with a preferred start date of April 1.
An executive summary from the community stakeholder meetings was also shared on the webpage. The board-selected education law firm Leasor Crass held community and key stakeholder input meetings to discuss priorities for the superintendent search.
The meetings were a public forum for the community to ask questions and discuss the desired qualities in a new superintendent. In the stakeholder meetings, the following eight questions were asked by the law firm.
- What scares you the most about getting a new superintendent?
- What do you consider to be the strengths of GCISD?
- What concerns do you have for GCISD?
- What do you think will be the most important issue for the new superintendent to address?
- What are the most important personal qualities or characteristics you feel are needed for the next superintendent of GCISD?
- What do you think are the most important skills or education that is needed for the next superintendent?
- What priorities will the next superintendent of GCISD need to address in the first 100 days of service?
- How important do you think it is for the next superintendent to have experience in Texas?
