Board of Ed for December: update on search

Ariana Williams, Issacson Miller
position profile has been finalized and is posted
applications and nominations are coming in
screening committee will meet several times before March to review materials
spending day at DESE for those

Craven: "it's a very transparent process"
"the website is the best way to get information to Issacson Miller"
Craven: "basically this process is an open book"
Moriarty asks if seeing applications coming in
yes
application does not necessarily close
Craven: goal is to have finalists "following the season"
(I have no idea what this means)

Johnston: not applying
"sincerely an effort to get the very best person TO apply"

Hills: "in my experience, this is very unusual"
"think of how you're going to answer how some number of candidates are going to ask" about Johnston not applying
YES INDEED
"you figure out how you're going to handle this"
"not hearing a bunch of people ask the question doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people asking this"