[BHS etree] SUPT: BUSD Board of Ed Seeks Community Input for Superintendent Search

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BUSD Board of Ed Seeks Community Input for Superintendent Search

The Berkeley School Board has the critically important responsibility
of choosing the next School Superintendent to replace Michele Lawrence
who will retire on February 1, 2008. To help facilitate the recruiting
process, we have engaged the consulting firm of Leadership Associates
to coordinate a national search and recruitment process.  

To help us in this process and allow us to give clear direction to our
consultants, we are asking our parents, community, high school
students and employees to identify the characteristics, talents and
experience they believe our next superintendent should possess. 

The consultants have established a series of meetings in which they
will hear from almost 50 groups, representing various constituents in
the District and throughout the community. Groups and organizations
have been contacted, but we want to insure that there are also
opportunities for individuals in the community to give input to the
consultants. 

You are welcome to attend any of three general meetings scheduled on:
Monday Sept. 24 7:15 pm at BTech Academy, 2701 Martin Luther King
Way., or 
Tuesday Sept. 25 6:30 pm at BTech Academy, or 
Tuesday Sept. 25 12:45 pm at the School District Office (2134 Martin
Luther King Jr. Way), second floor, Superintendent's Conference Room.

If you are unable to attend, you can send your suggestions to [
http://www.leadershipassociates.org ] or 23052-H Alicia Parkway,
Mission Viejo, Calif. 92692 

We sincerely hope you will take this opportunity to be involved in the
recruitment process. It is important for us to hear the views from all
the voices in our community.


Joaquin Rivera, President
BUSD Board of Education
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Mark A. Coplan
Public Information Officer, BUSD
510-644-6320
Mark_Coplan at berkeley.k12.ca.us
Berkeley Unified School District
2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, Ca 94704-1180