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superintendent search

Without Apologies: Why EPAC Exists, and Why We Are Concerned About the Choice for Superintendent

February 26, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A.R. Penck's 'Large World Picture' (1965).

Kristi Furnari, secretary of the Exceptional Student Education Parent Advisory Council, explains the organization’s deep and at times controversial involvement in the Flagler school district’s search for the next superintendent.

Issuing Superintendent Preferences, ESE Committee Is Sharply Critical of Process and Local Candidates

February 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The School Board-appointed Citizens Advisory Committee met just twice to prepare its list of recommended candidates for superintendent, the second time last week (above), leading a different committee not sanctioned by the school board to provide its own recommendations--and plenty of criticism for the advisory committee's approach. (© FlaglerLive)

The Exceptional Student Education Parent Advisory Council, a group of volunteers recognized but not sanctioned by the Flagler County School Board, issued its own recommendations for superintendent–a list of six candidates, none of them local, while pointedly excluding or sharply criticizing four of the local candidates who’d made a different short list.

Jim Tager Lands Superintendent Job in Vermont, But Not Before End of Local ‘Marathon’

February 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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A 1,700-student school district in northeast Vermont voted unanimously this week to appoint Jim Tager its next superintendent as the Flagler School Board’s search for his replacement approaches its conclusion.

Special Education Council Draws Up Superintendent Recommendations as Board’s Consultants Fret

February 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

School Board Chairman Janet McDonald last week addressing members of the Citizens Advisory Committee in charge of drawing up a short list of superintendent candidates. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler schools’ Exceptional Student Education Parent Advisory Council is submitting a list of superintendent candidates it deems worthy of further research to the school board-appointed citizens advisory committee. EPAC’s involvement was not quite welcomed by the board’s consultants.

Colleen Conklin’s Name and Harsh Charge Overlay Superintendent Search Advisory Panel’s First Meeting

February 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Members of the Citizens Advisory Committee appointed by the school board to recommend a selection of candidates for superintendent, just before their first meeting at the Government Services Building in Bunnell Tuesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

School Board member Colleen Conklin’s decision to run for superintendent on at least seven occasions dominated discussions and concerns at the first meeting of the board-appointed Citizens Advisory Committee charged with drawing up a selection of top candidates from a list of 35.

School Board’s Trevor Tucker Asks For Expedited Attorney General Opinion on Conklin’s Superintendent Application

February 5, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Trevor Tucker, center, is hoping an Attorney General's opinion will shed clarity on the superintendent selection process and protect the board from legal vulnerabilities following Colleen Conklin's decision to apply for superintendent. Conklin is to the left. (© FlaglerLive)

School Board member Trevor Tucker wants Attorney General Ashley Moody to shed clarity on the legal and ethical implications of Colleen Conklin’s “unprecedented” decision to apply for the superintendent’s post from her seat as a school board member.

Colleen Conklin, Candidate for Superintendent, Takes Leave From School Board to Avoid Conflicts

February 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler County School Board members will see less of Colleen Conklin over the next few weeks as they consider the appointment to the superintendent post, for which she is a candidate. From left, Maria Barbosa, Trevor Tucker, Janet McDonald and Conklin after Conklin was last sworn in, in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

School Board member Colleen Conklin said to avoid any appearance of conflict and reduce difficulties for her colleagues, she would step back from board duties until the appointment of the new superintendent on March 17.

School Board: Don’t Boot Out 4 Advisory Panel Citizens in Superintendent Search Because of Conklin’s Application

February 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Flagler County School Board preparing for a meeting last year. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Furnari is one of the Conklin appointees to the Citizens Advisory Committee, and a representative of the ESE community. But he and three other Conklin appointees are being excluded from the committee now that Conklin is applying for superintendent.

Just 21 Apply for Flagler Superintendent With 4 Days to Go, Among Them Vernon Orndorff

January 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Vernon Orndorff fell a vote short of being Flagler's superintendent in 2017. He's applying again. (© FlaglerLive)

Cathy Mittelstadt, the deputy superintendent in St. Johns County Schools, and Vernon Orndorff, previously Jacob Oliva’s right-hand man in the Flagler district, are among the applicants. The window closes Jan. 31.

For Public, Diversity and Technology Don’t Rate as High as District’s Priorities in Superintendent Search

December 10, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler school board's interview set-up five years ago, when it hired Jacob Oliva as superintendent. It'll be going through the third such exercise again in March. (© FlaglerLive)

Inspirational, trustworthy and innovative. On top of current educational issues. Financially savvy. Good listener. Familiar with Flagler schools. Those are the top qualities unidentified respondents want in the next Flagler County school superintendent, according to a school district online survey.

Flagler School Board Adopts Process Broadly Inclusive of Community in Choosing Next Superintendent

October 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

School board members meeting with consultants from the Florida School Board Association this morning to discuss the hiring of the next superintendent. Board member Colleen Conklin attended by phone.

The Flagler school board will involve an internal, staff focus group, a community advisory committee, a community survey and a community forum as it decides what sort of superintendent to hire by next March.

School Board Chair Aims for Broad Search for Next Superintendent, Seeing No ‘Heart’ in Internal Pick

July 15, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Janet McDonald chairs the school board. (© FlaglerLive)

Janet McDonald, who chairs the Flagler County School Board through November, says she favors a broad search for the next superintendent but does not detect much interest from internal candidates to take on the job.

James Tager Clear Favorite for Superintendent as Stilted Process Nears Vote Tonight

May 2, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County School Board members left little doubt in a 50-minute discussion this morning that Volusia County's James Tager is by far their first choice.

Flagler County School Board members left little doubt in a 50-minute discussion this morning that Volusia County’s James Tager is by far their first choice. But the process has been starkly constrained.

Flagler Schools Superintendent Interviews: James Tager

April 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

James Tager. (© FlaglerLive)

James Tager, the closest thing to a home-grown candidate for the Flagler County School Superintendent job, projected confidence, fluent knowledge of local and state issues and quite a bit of familiarity with Flagler schools.

Flagler Schools Superintendent Interviews: Gerald Wilson

April 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Gerald Wilson. (© FlaglerLive) superintendent interviews

In approach and demeanor, Gerald Wilson echoed Janet Valentine, the superintendent who preceded Jacob Oliva: not much excitability or charisma, but solid knowledge and deference to process.

Flagler Schools Superintendent Interviews: Jeff Umbaugh

April 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Jeff Umbaugh this morning just before his interview with the School Board. (c FlaglerLive)

Jeff Umbaugh was energetic, congenial, discursive, fast-talking, quick to take verbal tangents or make the occasional humorous aside, but mostly, he spoke in generalities and clichés.

Rocky Superintendent Search Jarred Again as Phyllis Edwards Withdraws Candidacy

April 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's dynamics have changed markedly since Trevor Tucker, right, became its chairman, coinciding with the board's search for a replacement for Superintendent Jacob Oliva, in the foreground. Oliva is taking a job at the state Department of Education. (c FlaglerLive)

With the latest top candidate to drop out, the Flagler County School Board’s search for a new superintendent is turning into a poorly scripted season of Survivor.

As One More Name Drops Out, Board Settles On 4 Candidates For Superintendent Interviews

April 11, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County School Board members this afternoon choosing the candidates they'll interview on April 20. (© FlaglerLive)

James Tager, the principal at Atlantic High School in Volusia County, is the front-runner, getting all five board members’ nod, in an otherwise more fractured field as yet another top candidate dropped out.

Even Withdrawn, Orndorff’s Name Pervades Superintendent Search, and Accents Divide

April 4, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler County School Board accepts Myra Middleton-Valentine's and the advisory committee's short-list of five candidates for superintendent this afternoon. But the list triggered another discussion over the hiring process. (© FlaglerLive)

A divide between those favoring internal candidates over those favoring the broader search continues to inform the Flagler County School Board’s superintendent hiring process even after the only internal candidate withdrew his name.

In Superintendent Search, Five Accomplished Candidates From Near and Far Make Shortlist

March 29, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The prize: the superintendent's office, which doesn't include a traditional desk, as Jabob Oliva doesn't believe in working from behind one. (© FlaglerLive)

The shortlist, drawn up Tuesday evening, includes a Palm Coast resident with a long history in Flagler schools, a Volusia County principal, a Clay County administrator and two candidates from Kentucky.

Flagler Schools Lose the Only Internal Applicant for Top Job as Vernon Orndorff Takes Post in Texas

March 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Vernon Orndorff, one of the quieter, unassuming forces in the Flagler County school district over the past 12 years, is leaving Florida behind. (© FlaglerLive)

Orndorff has been one of the quieter, unassuming forces of the school district, had been a leading candidate to be superintendent. His departure creates more of a wild-card opening for the remaining three dozen or so applicants.

Superintendent’s Job Draws Just 41 Applicants, And A Few Stand-Outs After All

March 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The district’s Vernon Orndorff is the only local applicant. He faces definite competition from Phyllis Edwards, a former assistant superintendent in Flagler, and Todd Sprager, the principal at Spruce Creek High School in Volusia.

School Board’s 1st Step in Replacing Jacob Oliva: Figuring Out How Broad of a Search

January 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A three-year association between Jacob Oliva, left, and the Flagler County School Board is about to end, though two of the five current board members were not on the panel when he was hired--Janet McDonald, right, and Maria Barbosa, second from right. Other board members pictured are, from left, Colleen Conklin, Andy Dance and Board Chairman Trevor Tucker. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler School Board wants to hear from the state board association whether it should seek help through that route, though it intends to appoint a local citizen’s search committee as well.

Board May Forego Buying Out Superintendent Valentine’s Contract, Saving her $18,000

January 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin is recommending that the board not buy out the $75,000 and six months remaining on Superintendent Janet Valentine’s contract, since the board would owe her benefits through July, and Assistant Superintendent Jacob Oliva is running the district with no plans of having the permanent position filled until July 1.

Superintendent Valentine Will Not Return to Work; “Expedited” Search Will Continue

December 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Flagler County School Board will look to buy out Janet Velentine’s contract, which runs through June. An attempt to appoint Jacob Oliva superintendent fell short as the board decided to stuck with an expedited search and a Feb. 4 appointment.

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