- May 4, 2024
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The search for a new Flagler Schools superintendent will begin with an online survey next month and end in November with the School Board's selection.
If the timeline proceeds as designed, the superintendent will begin his or her duties on New Year's Day, 2024.
Andrea Messina, Bill Vogel and John Reichart, of the Florida School Board Association, presented Flagler School Board members with the timeline at a June 20 workshop.
The board had signed a contract with the FSBA to aid in the search. Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt's contract runs out on June 30. The June 20 evening meeting was her last appearance on the board's dais.
Former Assistant Superintendent LaShakia Moore will serve as the interim superintendent until a new superintendent takes over.
Because of scheduling conflicts, the board agreed to move its workshop and board meeting from July 25 to July 18. At the workshop, board members will finalize the questions that will appear in an online survey which will give community members an opportunity to share what characteristics they would like to see in the next superintendent.
The board will also identify what advertising venues it would like to use to post the position.
The survey will be the first post on a superintendent's portal that will be on the district's website, Flaglerschools.com.
The online survey is scheduled to be live on the website from July 28 to Aug. 11. A possible question on the survey would ask if the superintendent would have to be an educator.
"Not everyone believes that," said Messina, the FSBA's chief executive officer, noting that some districts have hired superintendents with military or business backgrounds.
At the Aug. 15 workshop, the board will discuss the survey results, select members of a Citizens Advisory Committee and finalize the advertisement for the position.
The Citizens Advisory Committee will meet twice in September, handing in its recommendations on Sept. 29.
At its Oct. 3 workshop, the board will choose semifinalists. On Oct. 17, the board members will select finalists, and they will conduct interviews on Oct. 30.
On Nov. 7, the board will choose a new superintendent and begin contract negotiations. The board will approve the new superintendent's contract on Nov. 21.
As soon as applications come in, the FSBA will review them, Vogel said.
With so many other districts looking for a new superintendent, the board will probably have to pay a substantially higher salary than it paid Mittelstadt three years ago, Messina said
