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Here is the hiring process for a school superintendent. The School Committee creates a subcommittee tasked with searching for a superintendent. When the field is narrowed down to the final group, the applicants are reviewed and the sub-committee makes a recommendation to the committee for the choice. The school committee is not required to choose that person and can task the committee with presenting a different candidate. Once the candidate is approved, they are hired as the superintendent. The superintendent is responsible to make recommendations to the committee on administration hires, teachers and other staff. The committee can vote to hire or reject the recommendation of the superintendent to hire a person. Ms. Healey and her staff are only responsible for the HR portion of the new hire by making sure all federal and state laws are followed as it is in any organization. Some applicants require a BCI check and the HR department makes sure that is followed if necessary as well. The Superintendent was hired prior to my being on the committee. Mr Flood was a recommendation of the superintendent for the business director position. Mr Flood was also on staff prior to my being on the school committee. There were 3 members of the committee who voted to approve the extension of the superintendent in 2010.

Here is a link to the Secretary of State site and all the Warwick School Committee agenda and meeting minutes. http://sos.ri.gov/openmeetings//index.php?page=view_entity&id=4224

If you review the minutes for February 9th, 2010, you can see who voted for the extension. You will see I abstained from the vote as noted in the comments, because "Mr. Maloney remarked that he was satisfied with the Superintendent’s performance, but said he would like to ask for the extension to be tabled for this evening for discussion with the superintendent of his objectives and goals." I was overruled and the superintendent contract was renewed in 2010.

All school committee meetings have a public comment portion and all are welcome to attend. Most meetings start with kids from each school talking about their school and we end with public comments. I find the public comment portion to be very helpful. The committee recognizes the public and has, at times, made motions to review policy and make changes based on public comment. Feel free to attend.

It should also be noted that at times, members of the public are asked to sit on sub-committees. Fedup1, if you are interested in sitting on a sub-committee to help resolve issues, I would welcome and encourage it. It is important that all voices be heard.

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