Updated at 7 p.m.:

Austin ISD board president Vincent Torres said the board plans to name the district's interim superintendent at its April 15 meeting as Superintendent Meria Carstarphen plans to leave the district.

"One of the many things that I can say about Dr. Carstarphen is that she recruited some very, very talented people: Nicole Conley, Paul Cruz, Bill Caritj," Torres told media at a briefing April 14. "All of these folks were potential candidates, and as a result of that, it made our job hard in trying to pick who we thought we might want to select. But it made it easy in that we knew we had plenty of talent in the district to select from. And tomorrow, we will be selecting one of those people."

Torres said the board will also discuss a request for proposals for a firm that will help select a permanent superintendent, he said.

The process to hire a new permanent superintendent usually takes a minimum of about five months but could take as long as one year, he said.

The board has not yet decided on whether it will have an open search or closed search for a new superintendent. In a closed search, the board does not have to disclose the names of candidates who are vying for the position to the public, Torres said. In an open search the district can disclose candidates' names throughout the process or reveal the names of finalists toward the end of the search, he said.

Updated at 2:50 p.m.:

Austin ISD Superintendent Meria Carstarphen has formally accepted the position of superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools.

In an email message to AISD staff, Carstarphen said she will work with the AISD board of trustees on a successful transition plan.

"As I leave Austin, I feel assured knowing that AISD will remain in the good hands of our extraordinary educators, leaders and community—from our board of trustees and our front-line service providers to our civic leaders and families. Together, we have achieved AISD's best performance under the highest, toughest accountability standards in the state's history," she wrote.

Carstarphen cited achievements including implementing the district's "Whole Child, Every Child" approach to education, graduation rates rising to 82.5 percent, and alternative graduation pathways such as the Premier in-district charter programs at Lanier and Travis high schools and the Twilight School.

"These are amazing achievements we should celebrate as a community. It has been a privilege to serve the students and families of Austin—and to work with and for you," she said.

Original story posted April 14, 2014:

At a special Austin ISD board of trustees meeting April 15, the board plans to discuss hiring an interim superintendent and a request for proposals for a superintendent search firm in the event that Superintendent Meria Carstarphen leaves the district to lead Atlanta Public Schools.

Carstarphen could hand in her resignation to AISD this week as the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education is slated to take a formal vote April 14 on the hiring of its new superintendent, a role for which she was named the sole finalist in March.

It is likely that the AISD superintendent role will be vacant as of April 23, AISD board President Vincent Torres said in a recent statement emailed to the community and posted on the district's superintendent search website.

"The public will be able to speak directly to trustees during citizens communication before the board takes any action at this meeting," Torres said.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m., and the agenda is available on the AISD Boarddocs website.