Thursday, June 17, 2010

Media Advisory: Superintendent Finalists Available for Interviews

MEDIA ADVISORY from San Diego Unified School District, June 17, 2010

Superintendent Finalists Available for Interviews

What: The three finalists for the Superintendent position will be available for individual interviews this afternoon. The finalists are: William Kowba, currently interim superintendent for the San Diego Unified School District; Debbra A. Lindo, currently chief executive officer and chief academic officer for College Track; and Dale W. Vigil, former superintendent of the Hayward Unified School District.

When: 3 - 4:30 p.m., Thursday, June 17, 2010
Where: San Diego Unified District Education Center, 4100 Normal St. (92103)

Please check-in at the Communications Office, Room 2145.

Background: The three finalists provided these highlights of their careers:

* William Kowba, interim superintendent for San Diego Unified School District who joined the district in August 2006 as chief financial officer and was appointed interim superintendent in September 2009. A retired Rear Admiral, Kowba had a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Navy prior to joining the district leadership team.

* Debbra A. Lindo, currently chief executive officer and chief academic officer for College Track, an Oakland, Calif. based pre-college program for students in the Bay Area and New Orleans. Dr. Lindo also served as executive director for the Oakland Unified School District's Middle School Network I.

* Dale W. Vigil, former superintendent of the Hayward Unified School District. Dr. Vigil was superintendent in Hayward from 2005-09 and was a local district superintendent in the Los Angeles School District from 2000-05.

Their resumes are posted on the district website at http://www.sandi.net/sandi/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=300583 or www.sandi.net/suptsearch.

The candidates will meet with the public at 6 p.m. tonight, in the auditorium at the Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal Street (92103). Each candidate will be interviewed for 45 minutes by Dennis Morgigno, a professional broadcast journalist from Cox Communications. Morgigno will use a set of questions synthesized from the extensive community input received over the last four months. Questions will not be taken from the audience.

The 6 p.m. meeting is open to the public and is scheduled to be televised on iTV Cable Channel 16 and streamed live on the district's website at www.sandi.net/boardtv.

Contact:

Linda Zintz
Communications Director
San Diego Unified School District
4100 Normal Street, Room 2145
San  Diego, CA 92103
(619) 725-5578 office
(619) 847-6637 mobile
(619) 725-5576 fax

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