Provide Your Input on the Search for Scarsdale's Next School Superintendent

The Board of Education would like to wish you and your families a happy and successful start to the school year! As the new school year begins, the search for our next Superintendent of Schools is progressing from the planning and preparation done throughout the summer to the critical community engagement phase of our work. Engagement and input from community members, faculty, staff, and students is an integral part of the search process and we value your participation and input.

Survey is now open

The Board of Education is pleased to share with you that the Superintendent Search Survey has been launched and is now live. Please follow this Survey Link to provide your valued input into the search process. This survey will remain open until 5:00 p.m. on September 23rd, and is open to all members of the community, faculty, staff, and students. The survey is conducted by a search firm, which ensures that your individual responses are kept anonymous. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Portuguese. The language can be selected on the first page of the survey.

Superintendent Search Timeline

Below is a graphic representation of the previously communicated timeline and plan. This process has been developed by the Board in consultation with Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, the firm engaged by the Board to assist with this search. We are currently in the Community Engagement phase, and anticipate announcing the next Superintendent after the search process is complete.

Timeline

Engaging the Community (Focus Groups and Forums)

Ms. Deborah Raizes and Dr. Susan Guiney, our search consultants, will host over 30 focus groups and meetings with parents, students, administrators, faculty members, staff members, village leaders, liaison groups, community groups, board members, and other school stakeholders. In addition to these focus groups and meetings, our consultants will host open forums for any member of the community, faculty and staff to share their input.

Community Forum details are as follows:

Wednesday, September 14, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. (Scarsdale Public Library, Scott Room)
Monday, September 19, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. (Scarsdale High School, Room 170-172)
Thursday, September 22, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. (via Zoom link)
Please note that details for the Faculty and Staff forums were sent directly to all Faculty and Staff. For a full list of focus groups, open forums, and meetings being held as part of the search process, please see our superintendent search page.

The goal of the survey, focus groups and forums will be to identify the personal and professional qualities and experiences that the Scarsdale community would like the new Superintendent of Schools to possess.

Whether you attend a focus group, complete the survey, or do both, the Board hopes you will take the opportunity to provide your input.

Developing a Leadership Profile

Feedback from the focus groups and surveys will be synthesized into a set of search specifications that the Board anticipates reviewing at our meeting on October 3rd. This Leadership Profile Report will then serve as a guiding framework for recruiting and vetting candidates.

Recruiting and Interviewing Candidates

Once the Board approves the Leadership Profile, our search consultants will begin recruiting and vetting candidates in accordance with the qualities and experiences prioritized in the Leadership Profile. We anticipate conducting interviews in the winter.

We will regularly update the school community on the progress of the search to provide as much transparency as possible. Updates will be provided at Board meetings, as well as through direct communication and on the superintendent search page on the Board section of the school website.

We are dedicated to finding an exceptional Superintendent to lead the Scarsdale Schools in continuing our tradition of the highest quality education.

Sincerely,

The Board of Education