Southeast Polk names superintendent finalists
The Southeast Polk Community School District announced three finalists to replace retiring superintendent Craig Menozzi.
The three finalists, Dr. Dick Halupnik, Dr. Nicholas Ouette and Dr. Michael Houselog, were chosen after the district board of education’s week-long process to whittle down the pool from 20 applicants and interview the top six candidates.
Board of education president Brett Handy said the three finalists were chosen from six candidates after the preliminary interviews.
“We are down to the three that we believe that would be three candidates that will fit well in Southeast Polk,” Handy said.
Handy said there were many well-qualified applicants in the pool and he was pleased with the applications he saw.
“All of them would have been very capable of being the next superintendent,” he said. “With the process, however, you have to wean some out or lose some due to their own personal or professional reasons, and now we have the three left.”
Handy said the most interesting part of the process comes next when the candidates will be able to interact with the community.
“(Moving forward) it will be about what the community likes and wants,” he said. “It’s hard to get a complete understanding of that in an hour, but you can get a pretty good read from the community that is involved.”
The three finalists will be available to meet and interact with community members during receptions at Clay Elementary library from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., from Feb. 10-12, the district said in a news release. Community members wishing to attend the receptions will be able to write their own questions as well as fill out input forms to be considered by the board of education.
The board will meet Sunday, Feb. 15, in closed session to discuss and possibly select a final candidate for the superintendent position.
Above is from: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2015/02/09/southeast-polk-names-superintendent-finalists/23156355/
SEE Rockford Register Star coverage at: http://www.rrstar.com/article/20150211/News/150219853
Dr. Houselog was searching in Iowa back in 2014 and 2012, see: http://district100watchdog.blogspot.com/2014/03/belvidere-superintendent-michael.html and http://district100watchdog.blogspot.com/2012/08/dubuque-school-board-narrows.html
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