[1.01 Call to Order]
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GOOD MORNING FERNDALE AND WELCOME TO THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHERE WE WILL BE CONSIDERING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE APPLICANTS AND THE PROCESS USED AND POSSIBLY MOTION TO SELECT OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT.
[2.01 Announce New Superintendent]
WE INTERVIEWED SIX SEMIFINALISTS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 19 AT HORIZON MIDDLE SCHOOL AND APPROXIMATELY 100 VIEWERS IN A COMBINATION OF IN-PERSON AND ONLINE ATTENDANCE. WE THEN ASKED OUR SEARCH CONSULTANTS TO SCHEDULE FINALIST INTERVIEWS WITH THREE FINALISTS.EACH OF THE THREE FINALISTS WAS ASKED TO SPEND A DAY IN THE DISTRICT SO WE COULD CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THEM FOR THIS IMPORTANT POSITION.
ON MONDAY, DR. JOHN PARKER WAS IN THE DISTRICT.
ON WEDNESDAY, DANA ROSENBACH VISITED AND YESTERDAY CHRISTIE DOMINGUEZ DR.
CHRISTIE DOMINGUEZ SPENT THE DAY IN THE DISTRICT.
THE THREE CANDIDATES SPENT MET WITH STAFF, STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY VIA IN-PERSON AND LIVE STREAMED EVENTS WITH OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
THE BOARD MET AGAIN WITH EACH CANDIDATE AFTER FINAL EACH FINAL INTERVIEW.
THE BOARD REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED FEEDBACK AND OTHER INFORMATION FOR EACH CANDIDATE.
ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE STUDENTS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY FOR THEIR HIGHLY ENGAGED PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK NORTHWEST LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATES FOR THEIR TREMENDOUS WORK IN FACILITATING THIS PROCESS.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE BOARD TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE PROCESS IF THEY WISH TO DO SO.
FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD.
I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK FOR.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF I'D SAY FIRST, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT WE PUT IN THERE. I THINK THAT WAS GREAT.
BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, I WANT TO THANK THE INPUT THAT WAS GIVEN FROM EVERYBODY, THE PUBLIC, STUDENTS, STAFF IN OUR DELIBERATIONS.
I WOULD GUESSTIMATE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THE TIME WAS SPENT READING THAT FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSING THAT FEEDBACK.
LET'S SEE. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STAFF AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES WHO HOSTED OUR CANDIDATES DURING THEIR INTERVIEWS.
THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THREE CANDIDATES, YOU REALLY MADE US PROUD.
I THINK YOU YOU REPRESENTED FERNDALE VERY WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO WHAT BELINDA IS SAYING AND TAKE THE TIME TO THANK ALL MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS FOR THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEIR HARD WORK IN COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO GO THROUGH THIS IMPORTANT PROCESS.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF SPECIAL THANKS TO THE STAFF THAT VOLUNTEERED TO SUPPORT THIS PROCESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO THE STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE THAT TOOK THE TIME TO FEED, TO FILL OUT THE SURVEYS.
IT WAS INVALUABLE INFORMATION.
IT REALLY HELPED US A LOT IN THE PROCESS.
AND IN SAYING THAT, I JUST LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A A WELL PLANNED PROCESS AND.
I HOPE EVERYONE APPRECIATES THE RESULTS.
OC LEANED INTO IT A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH THERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO WHAT STEVE SAID IN REGARDS TO IT BEING A WELL COORDINATED PROCESS. IT IT WENT BY PRETTY FAST, BUT IT WAS THOROUGH AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS AND IN THE END IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT WE ALL PRETTY MUCH WERE IN AGREEMENT AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THIS GOING FORWARD.
YES. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY SELENA, FOR ALL OUR HARD WORK. SHE DESERVES A BREAK, I THINK.
I LIKED WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THIS PROCESS.
A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF COMMITMENT.
BUT I THINK WE WE CAME TO A CONSENSUS.
THANK YOU. I WOULD CERTAINLY ECHO THE WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN SAID ALREADY.
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IT WAS EXCITING TO HEAR AS EACH CANDIDATE MET WITH US EACH NIGHT.THE POSITIVES THAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE STUDENTS, ABOUT THE STAFF MEMBERS, AND THE DEBT IN THE DISTRICT, AND THEIR DEDICATION TO THE EDUCATION OF OUR STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A PARENT SITTING THERE, BEING PROUD, HEARING ABOUT YOUR KIDS. SO THAT WAS EXCITING.
I CERTAINLY THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EFFORTS PUT IN BY CELINA JACKSON AND OTHERS AS FAR AS HELPING GETTING THINGS PREPARED.
SO I WANT TO DEFINITELY ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
SO WE HAD THREE GOOD CANDIDATES AND THE PUBLIC, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THEIR INPUT BECAUSE IT WAS NOT YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER AS WE EVALUATED THOSE CANDIDATES. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT DID PARTICIPATE ONLINE AND IN PERSON.
THAT REALLY HELPED US OUT A LOT.
SO. SO AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL OR THE PRESIDENT WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO SELECT OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT. I MOVED TO SELECT DR.
CHRISTIE DOMINGUEZ AS OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DIRECTOR.
COOL. ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT HIT ME THAT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT I WAS LIKE, OH, BOY, OKAY, SAY IT. SAY IT, KEVIN.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM DIRECTOR COOL TO SELECT DR.
KRISTI DOMINGUEZ AS OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT OF FERNDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? I MOVE TO SECOND THE MOTION.
OC BOARD DIRECTOR CHILDS HAS MOVED AND OR SORRY BOARD DIRECTOR COOL HAS MOVED AND BOARD DIRECTOR CHILDS HAS SECONDED THE MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
I WILL ASK FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AND WILL THE RECORDING SECRETARY PLEASE READ THE ROLE AND THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD TALLY THE VOTES, PLEASE.
OKAY. SO BASED ON THE VOTE THAT THE BOARD HAS UNANIMOUSLY NAMED DR.
KRISTI DOMINGUEZ AS OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST.
SO. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.
I'M REALLY EXCITED. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
OKAY. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I'M EXCITED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AS WELL.
I THINK THAT DR. DOMINGUEZ WILL BRING A LOT TO THE DISTRICT.
AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD WE STARTED WITH 16 GOOD CANDIDATES.
WE HAD THREE GREAT FINALISTS HERE, I'M SURE, ALL OF WHICH WILL MAKE OR THE OTHER TWO WILL MAKE GREAT SUPERINTENDENTS.
I KNOW THAT DANA ROSENBACH IS ALREADY A SUPERINTENDENT, BUT I THINK THEY HAVE GREAT QUALITIES AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MAKING THE PROCESS GREAT AS WELL.
SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD.
THEN I WILL DECLARE THIS SPECIAL MEETING
ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.