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SLP Schools Advertising for Superintendent Candidates Through April 22
The district expects to select its new superintendent in May and to have the new hire on the job July 1.
The St. Louis Park school district has begun its search for its next superintendent.
The district has hired Highland Park, IL-based School Exec Connect to help in the search, the district announced on its website.
The position will be advertised and School Exec Connect will recruit candidates nationally April 22, according to a school district timeline. The board will meet April 29 to select five or six candidates to be interviewed May 1 and 2.
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After those interviews, School Board directors will narrow the field to two or three finalists, whom they’ll interview May 7 through 9 before choosing a final candidate.
The board has expects to negotiate the contract between May 10 and May 22. Directors will approve the new superintendent’s contract at their May 13 or May 28 meeting.
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The superintendent will start with St. Louis Park Public Schools on July 1.
The district’s search for a new superintendent was prompted by Superintendent Debra Bowers’ announcement Jan. 8 that she’d be ending her nine-year tenure with the district.
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