Fresno Unified Board President Susan Wittrup provided an update to the district’s search for its next superintendent on Thursday.
Wittrup said the Board of Trustees has formed a Superintendent Search subcommittee, consisting of her and Trustees Valerie Davis and Veva Islas.
The backstory: Superintendent Bob Nelson is leaving the district for a tenure-track faculty position at Fresno State.
- Nelson will teach in the Educational Leadership Division at the Kremen School of Education and Human Development.
The big picture: Wittrup said the district concluded eight learning sessions across the district to hear directly from the community about the superintendent search.
- She encourages families who were unable to attend the meetings to provide feedback on the district’s online survey.
- The district has also brought in Leadership Associates, an executive search and leadership development firm, to assist in the process of recruiting a new superintendent.
What they’re saying: “We are very interested in hearing directly from you, our constituents, about your perspectives on the leadership of our district and the trajectory of our schools,” Wittrup said in a statement.
