<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; ">PLEASE do not reply to this email, contact Mark Coplan</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; "><a href="mailto:markcoplan@berkeley.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">markcoplan@berkeley.net</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: 15px;">Berkeley School Board</b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Launches
National Search for Next Superintendent</b> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;"><b>Berkeley, CA – February 11, 2013</b> – The Berkeley School Board is beginning
its search for the next Superintendent of Schools. With the guidance of
professionals from <a href="http://www.rayassoc.com/">Ray & Associates</a>, a highly experienced school executive
search firm, the School Board is launching a nationwide search for candidates
who have successfully improved academic outcomes for all student groups, and
who exhibit a commitment to furthering the work of the 2020 Vision<a href="file:///C:/Users/Mark%20Coplan/Downloads/BUSD%20School%20Board%20Press%20Release%20Feb112013nb.docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="color:black">[1]</span></span></span></a>
and educating the whole child. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">Ray
& Associates will be using the <a href="http://www.rayassoc.com/">Leadership Profile</a> developed with substantial community
input in 2012. As reflected in the profile criteria, the professionals from Ray
& Associates will be searching for an instructional leader and strong
communicator who is committed to the beliefs and values of the Berkeley public
school community.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">“The
search team of Ray & Associates have an excellent track record in placing
superintendents who are a great fit for their school districts, with all of
their placements in California staying with their districts for long tenures,”
according to School Board Director Judy Appel.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">With
the advice of the team from Ray & Associates and in recognition of the
competitive nature of educational executive searches, the School Board has laid
out an well-considered timeline and carefully outlined steps to ensure a hiring
process that brings the most highly qualified pool of candidates to interview
in Berkeley. The official posting of the position took place Friday, February
8, and the search will close on March 15, with the first round of Board
interviews with semi-finalists will take place the week of March 25, and the
expectation that the selection process will be completed in April. </font></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">The
community will be engaged in discussions of interview questions and criteria
for best-fit candidates through a survey, community forums, and several key
stakeholder focus groups; this will assist the School Board and the executive
search team in identifying top candidates for the District.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">Director
Karen Hemphill indicated her confidence in the quality of the applicants
Berkeley will attract stating, “When potential candidates get to know the
strength of our teachers and commitment of our staff, and get to know the
priorities of this community, we will have some very strong candidates come
forward.”</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">It
is the intent of the members of the Board to lead a transparent process, offering
widely distributed updates along with the opportunities for additional
community input. The <a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/superintendent-search-2013/" target="_blank">Superintendent Search webpage</a> will be updated regularly and
members of the community are encouraged to <a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/">subscribe to the district’s biweekly email newsletter</a>, the A+ News. The community survey
will go online on February 15 in both English and Spanish, and remain open
until March 3. Community forums are being scheduled for February 28, March 1
and 2, with interpretation in Spanish at all meetings.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><font style="font-size: 15px;">Community Forums</font></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">Thursday February 28th at Malcolm X School -
1731 Prince Street, 7-8:30 p.m.</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">Friday March 1st at King Middle School - 1781
Rose Street, 7-8:30 p.m. (In Spanish)</font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font style="font-size: 15px;">Saturday March 2nd BUSD Administration
Building, 2020 Bonar Street Room 126, 9:30 – 11 a.m.</font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; position: static; z-index: auto; "><font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">In the
meantime, interim Co-Superintendents Javetta Cleveland and Neil Smith continue
to move our schools forward in support of </span><a href="http://www.berkeleyschools.net/about-the-district/district-three-year-goals-2010-2013-2/" style="font-size: 15px; ">District Goals</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">, including increasing the academic achievement of
all students,</span><b style="font-size: 15px; "> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">implementing strategies to engage
students in their learning and interventions to eliminate
barriers to student success, establishing partnerships with our families and
community, ensuring that systems are culturally and linguistically responsive, and generating and equitably allocating resources for programs and
services that enable every student to succeed.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Thank You for your participation,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Leah Wilson, BUSD School Board
President</span></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="file:///C:/Users/Mark%20Coplan/Downloads/BUSD%20School%20Board%20Press%20Release%20Feb112013nb.docx#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></a> 2020 Vision for Berkeley’s Children and Youth is an innovative community-wide initiative to ensure that all children living in Berkeley receive a healthy start, are equally ready to learn, and are provided the opportunities and support necessary to thrive.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">-- </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Mark Coplan, Public Information Officer</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;">Berkeley Unified School District</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="tel:510-644-6320" value="+15106446320" target="_blank">510-644-6320</a> Cell: <a href="tel:510-472-3811" value="+15104723811" target="_blank">510-472-3811</a></span></div>
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