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La. BESE Seeks Public Input Into Superintendent Search | deutsch29

La. BESE Seeks Public Input Into Superintendent Search | deutsch29

La. BESE Seeks Public Input Into Superintendent Search


Posted April 15, 2020, on the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) website:

2020 State Superintendent Search/Selection

CURRENT STATUS: Initial Interviews Conducted, Referencing Underway, Public Input Sought

The Superintendent Search Work Group of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) initiated a preliminary round of recorded video interviews with each of the six candidates in contention for the position of Louisiana State Superintendent of Education, identified by BESE from the original list of 21 candidates. These video interviews, conducted from March 31 through April 2, 2020, were anchored by, and limited to, a standardized list of questions selected by the BESE work group and based on the input of key education stakeholders across the state. Work group chair, Ms. Kira Orange Jones, BESE District 2, and work group member, Mr. Ronnie Morris, BESE District 6, facilitated these interviews by posing the same questions, taken from the uniform list of questions, to each and every candidate. The list of questions was not provided to candidates in advance of the recorded interviews.
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