MEDIA ADVISORY
San Diego Unified Board of Education to Announce Next Superintendent of Schools
March 7, 2022
WHAT: The Board of Education will announce the permanent Superintendent of San Diego Unified School District following a special closed session board meeting. The announcement follows a year-long superintendent search and public engagement process.
WHEN: 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 7, 2022
WHERE: Front lawn of the Eugene Brucker Education Center, 4100 Normal St. San Diego, 92103
LIVESTREAM: www.facebook.com/SanDiegoUnified
BACKGROUND: The Board of Education adopted a Superintendent Recruitment and Selection Process a year ago. The process included a plan for community engagement, allowing for multiple town halls, community meetings and other opportunities for the public to actively participate in the selection process. San Diego Unified offered more than 34 community input opportunities. A 48-member Superintendent Search Advisory Committee appointed by the Board guided the process. The Advisory Committee reflects the diversity of San Diego Unified students and the San Diego community, and includes members from nonprofit and civic organizations, elected officials, student, staff and parent organizations, and educational institutions. The Advisory Committee reviewed all applications from candidates who met the minimum qualifications for the position. The Board appointed Dr. Lamont Jackson as Interim Superintendent after former Superintendent Cindy Marten was named Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Jackson and Dr. Susan Enfield, Superintendent of the Highline Public Schools, were named San Diego Unified superintendent finalists by the Board in December. Both finalists participated in a community engagement forum on Feb. 26.
SPEAKERS: Board of Education, Superintendent
MEDIA CONTACT: Communications Director Maureen Magee, mmagee@sandi.net (619) 381-7930
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