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The Henrico School Board has established a timeline for the process of selecting a new superintendent to replace Pat Kinlaw, who will retire June 30.
The board set the schedule, which includes a number of public input opportunities, during a special meeting Feb. 13. It intends to seat Kinlaw's replacement by July 1.
"Hiring a new superintendent is the most important task a school board can take on," said School Board Chair and Three Chopt District member Micky Ogburn. "It's like finding the captain of the ship."
The board has created a brief anonymous survey as a way to gather input from stakeholders; it is available online in English and Spanish at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HenricoCountySearch. A paper version of the survey will be available in the main offices of Henrico schools by Feb. 19. Surveys must be submitted before midnight on March 7.
The Board also will host a community input meeting on the search March 1 at L. Douglas Wilder Middle School and a public input session March 8 at the New Bridge Learning Center following the Board's regularly scheduled work session.
"We want to make sure that the public has a voice in this process," said Ogburn. "We want to make this as transparent and inclusive a process as we can."
The School Board is working with the Virginia School Boards Association in the search process. The association will view individual surveys, but the School Board will only see the compiled survey results.
The School Board adopted the following timeline for the search process:
• Feb. 14 to March 7: Board members meet with PTA groups and school faculties by request.
• March 1, 6:30-8 p.m.: Community input meeting (L. Douglas Wilder Middle School, 6900 Wilkinson Road, Henrico).
• March 7: Survey deadline.
• March 8, 6 p.m.: Public input session (following Board's regularly scheduled work session; New Bridge Learning Center, 5915 Nine Mile Road, Henrico).
• March 9, 9-11 a.m.: Board meets to establish position qualifications (New Bridge Learning Center, 5915 Nine Mile Road, Henrico).
• March 13: Board provides position qualifications to Virginia School Boards Association.
• March 15 to April 10: Candidates submit applications.
• April 18, 11 a.m.: Board meets with Virginia School Boards Association in closed session at New Bridge Learning Center.
• April/May: Interviews with candidates.
• May/June: New superintendent announced.
• July 1: Anticipated start date of new superintendent.
Kinlaw has served as superintendent since early 2014.
