APS Superintendent Search Forum Nov 18

(So reads the title of a report in this morning's Journal and to which there is no link.)

The APS School Board is beginning its search for a new superintendent. The first public forum is planned for Monday, Nov 18, 6-7:30 pm, Sandia High School.

According to Journal reporter Shelby Perea, this will be an opportunity for “weigh in” on Supt. Raquel Reedy’s replacement.

Apparently Perea has never been to an APS superintendent search forum. Participants don’t get to “weigh in” in any meaningful way in APS fora.

For example, anyone who thinks they are going to stand up and ask direct questions will be sorely disappointed. Participants will be invited to submit questions in writing which will then be “filtered” to eliminate any “awkward” questions.

One will not be permitted to ask, for example;
will the next superintendent be expected to serve in the capacity of senior most administrative role model in the district? Will s/he be expected to hold themselves honestly accountable to the same standards of conduct that s/he enforces upon students? Will students finally see a senior administrator model and promote honest to God accountability to higher standards of conduct than the law?

They are reasonable questions to ask of any superintendent candidate.

They have not been asked in the last three superintendent search forums.

They will not be asked in the next, or the next, or the next.