South Pike officials and their hiring consultant are seeking input from their constituents about the traits they’d like to see in the next superintendent.
The board and consultant want to hear opinions from teachers, administrators, support staff, parents, community members and business owners and operators.
Members of those constituent groups are asked to respond to an online survey about their preferences for the new superintendent, expected to be available on the district’s website starting Monday.
Responses to the survey are anonymous and will be accepted through Feb. 16. The survey answers will go directly to the consultant, Dr. Tommye Henderson at the Mississippi Schools Boards Association.
In addition to the surveys, Henderson will hold three online webinars over the Zoom computer teleconferencing application on Feb. 16.
District administrators, including principals and central office program directors, will meet with Henderson at 1 p.m. that day. Teachers and other staff will go online at 4 p.m.
Parents and other community members will have their chance at 6 p.m.
Each of the Zoom meetings is expected to last for 45 minutes to an hour. As with the survey, links will be posted on the district’s website.
District officials, answering board members’ questions, said they may try to have a site somewhere in the district set up to host the public webinar for parents or community members who do not have internet access.
The job announcement lists Feb. 18 as the application deadline, and calls for applicants to be ready to assume the superintendent’s office on or before July 1.
Superintendent Dr. Donna Scott submitted her resignation in December, surprising South Pike’s board members.
Scott will complete her third year leading the district by the effective date of her resignation, June 30. Prior to joining South Pike, Scott was an elementary school principal in Hattiesburg.
MSBA also assisted the district in the superintendent search that led to Scott’s hiring.
She succeeded Amite County native Johnnie Vick, who was superintendent for two years after serving as superintendent of the North Bolivar School District.
