Discussion bounced between the superintendent search, busing contracts and the East Ridge High School athletic facilities during the Hamilton County school board’s work session Thursday night.
The board first met with the superintendent search firm Coleman Lew and Associates, which had spent the day meeting privately with different education stakeholders.
Kenneth Carrick Jr., president and managing director of Coleman, said listening to those interested parties will help the firm develop a candidate profile, but ultimately the hiring decision is up to the board.
“In my 31 years I’ve done this, I’ve never hired anybody for my candidates,” he said.
Carrick hopes to have a list of five to 10 candidates for the board by the end of March, but warned many variables exist in a superintendent search.