The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board of Education began its search for a new superintendent and is seeking input from the community.
Current superintendent Tom Forcella is retiring on August 1 after five years with the district. Jim Causby has been selected as the interim superintendent.
The North Carolina School Boards Association is working alongside the Board of Education to assist with the search for a candidate by conducting a short community survey and holding public hearings.
The survey will assist board members shape and get a sense of what qualities and characteristics in a superintendent are most important to the school system.
The board is encouraging parents and interested community members to complete the survey available online in English or Spanish.
Along with completing the survey, the board is asking residents to sign up to comment publicly at the public forums which will be held August 30 at seven o’clock in the evening at Chapel Hill High School and September 10 at 1:30 in the afternoon at Northside Elementary School.
Interested community members can also submit written statements to Allison Schafer via mail, at NCSBA, P.O. Box 97877, Raleigh, NC 27624, email, at aschafer@ncsba.org, or fax, at 919-841-4020.
All surveys and comments must be completed by Thursday, September 1. The NCSBA will then compile, summarize and present their findings at a board meeting on September 15.
Anyone interested in applying for the superintendent must complete an application and meet requirements detailed on the NCSBA website by September 1.
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