Menu

Iowa City Community School District work session, date not confirmed yet

16 min · 0 public speakers

This board doesn’t post agenda times. Click a board member to jump to where they first speak; we list only members whose voice our check named. Video length 16 min.

  1. Who spoke · first speaks at
What happened

What happened at this meeting

Board plans interviews with two search firms on the 27th 10:31

  • The board discussed four proposals it received from search firms, including McPherson, Grundmeyer, HYA and Ray and Associates. 0:08
  • One board member said if the list were narrowed to 2, they would probably go with Grundemeier and Hazard Young because Hazard Young has a background in large school districts. 8:25
  • Speakers discussed holding the interviews at 5 with 20 minutes per firm and submitting questions in advance by next Tuesday. 12:12

Until Nov 4, lines where a board member takes a side don't name the member. Why →

Item by item (5)
  1. Search firm proposals overview 0:01
    • A district staff member said the board received 4 proposals and that the staff member had no personal experience with McPherson. 0:08
    • A speaker said McPherson was the only firm that said it would establish performance objectives for the new superintendent. 3:34
  2. Interview process and firm selection 4:13
    • A district staff member said the RFP is not necessarily binding but asking firms to add offerings is a gray area because the board set forth its requirements. 6:07
    • A district staff member said previous interviews of this type were done in open session and recommended not bringing all 4 firms in. 7:47
  3. Interview timing and policy scheduling 10:50
    • Speakers discussed moving the religious exemption policy straight to the regular board meeting instead of first going through PNG. 11:27
    • A speaker suggested checking whether that was okay and tentatively planning interviews with the 2 firms at 5. 12:12
    • Speakers discussed giving each firm 20 minutes total, with presentations under 10 minutes. 12:41
  4. Interview questions and format 13:06
    • A district staff member suggested giving the firms specific topics to cover, such as a transition plan. 13:06
    • A speaker asked whether questions could be submitted in advance by next Tuesday, and the response was yes. 13:42
    • A speaker said for the record that HYA did not do a Des Moines superintendent search the speaker named, and that a different consulting firm did. 14:37
  5. Adjournment 15:40
    • A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. 15:40
    • The meeting was adjourned. ~15:51

Written by software from the meeting's transcript and checked sentence by sentence against it.

Other meetings

Other meetings of this board

Video: posted by the district as “Board Work Session - 10/13/26”