BOARD ADDS 46 TO SEARCH COMMITTEE

School district looking for next superintendent

Several dozen groups and community leaders — including a school music organization, County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and the Black Student Union Coalition — will help choose San Diego Unified’s next superintendent.

On Tuesday the San Diego Unified board appointed 46 people to an advisory committee that will vet candidate applications and pick 10 semifinalists for the superintendent position, as part of a search process that will last until December. The board is looking for a superintendent to replace Cindy Marten, who was nominated to be U.S. deputy education secretary last month.

The list of committee members includes leaders of student groups, parent committees, employee unions, colleges and nonprofits, as well as local government officials. It includes former San Diego Unified board president John Lee Evans, San Diego Mayoral Deputy Chief of Staff Nick Serrano and In the Public Interest Senior Policy Advisor Clare Crawford, a school parent who previously cochaired a board-appointed committee on San Diego Unified school board elections.

Two community members complained during Tuesday’s board meeting that the board did not give the public time to see or vet the committee members beforehand. There was no list of names posted on the board agenda when it was first published online, and some committee members were introduced for the first time during the meeting.

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