Board agrees to seek search firm
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By Rhonda Simmons
Published: September 22, 2008
The Culpeper County School Board moved one step closer Monday in its quest to hire a new superintendent.
The board voted 7-0 during its work session to approve a “request for proposal” to advertise for a superintendent search firm. The board agreed on a speedy timeline, aiming to award a contract by Oct. 31.
Board members hope to offer the job to a candidate by Jan. 30.
Before the vote, member Anne Luckinbill was a bit apprehensive about the swift ambition.
“I think this is a rather quick turnaround,” she said.
Chairman George Dasher said he understood her concern and assured the board that it needs to move quickly in order to include the chief administrator in the budget process. “I still want to be aggressive,” said Dasher, a retired businessman.
— STEERING COMMITTEE: The board also voted 7-0 to send a letter to community members and officials who might be interested in forming a renovation plan steering committee for Culpeper County High School.
The letter — addressed to Bill Chase, Culpeper Board of Supervisors chairman; Annemarie Steimel, CCHS PTO president; Tiffany Menefee, CCHS SCA president; CCHS Principal Jeff Dietz; Larry Carter, CCPS acting superintendent, and Culpeper businessman Joe Daniel — asks for assistance in choosing a representative to serve on the steering committee.
The selected candidates would then meet with the SHW Group architect, capital planning committee and Hunter Spencer, CCPS construction projects manager, to review progress and provide general direction to the plan’s development.
— VSBA MEETING: In other action, the board voted 6-1 in favor of sending a School Board representative to the annual Virginia School Board Association meeting in Williamsburg in November.
Dasher will serve as the delegate, while member Elizabeth Hutchins would go as an alternate.
Rusty Jenkins opposed.
“I just think it sends a really bad message,” Jenkins said referring to the cost to the school division. “I was elected to represent the people in this county. I could care less what another person outside of this county thinks of us.”
“If we’re going to attend conferences outside of the county, then I think we need to allot some money for professional development,” Jenkins added. “I think it sends a real bad message, especially during a year that we gave no raises.”
Hutchins disagreed.
“I think that it’s critical that we attend to find out ways to save money and learn from other counties,” she said. “I don’t think the price is exorbitant.”
Rhonda Simmons can be reached at 825-0771 ext. 125 or
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Posted by ( revawrite ) on September 23, 2008 at 9:26 am
What Mrs Luckinbill fails to understand is that by getting into the search at such an early date, the CCPS stands to reap the benifits of a deeper applicant pool where the best have not already been hired by other divisions. However, with comments such as the one Mr. Jenkins made would give any rational applicant second thoughts. Couple this along with the board’s actions of the past four months, I don’t see too many quality applicants seeking employment in the CCPS. It’s sad how four board members have caused a train wreck of monumental proportions in our schools. Problem is, they insist on adding to the carnage.
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Posted by ( jayz ) on September 23, 2008 at 6:37 am
Thank you Rusty Jenkins. If there is no money for professional development for the teachers there should be no money for anyone to attend a conference. If teachers want to further their professional development we must pay for the conference and we cannot even get a substitute to cover our classes for the days we are out unless we use one of our professional days. What is good for one group in the system is good for all groups in the system. No conference is more important than any others. If Mr. Dasher finds a burning need to attend the Board meeting than he should pay the freight.
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