The School Committee tentatively scheduled a meeting for Sept. 11 to interview interim superintendent candidates.
MONSON — A posting will be advertised internally at the School Department for an interim superintendent position, as current superintendent Patrice L. Dardenne is retiring at the end of the year.
Patrice DardenneThe School Committee discussed the superintendent search at its Aug. 15 meeting, and opted to see which employees might be interested in the temporary position before launching an outside search.
School Committee member Joshua Farber said he was interested in seeing who would apply before the committee takes the step of looking for outside candidates.
The deadline for applications would be Sept. 1.
The committee tentatively scheduled a meeting for Sept. 11 to interview interim superintendent candidates. Dardenne told the committee that final interviews must be public.
Once the committee selects the interim, it then will discuss what steps to take for hiring a full-time replacement, and whether or not it wants to hire a superintendent search firm to assist in the process.
School Committee members said a full-time superintendent would be hired in time for the 2013-2014 school year.
Dardenne, 60, has been Monson’s superintendent since 2009. Dardenne was the district’s fifth superintendent since January 2008.
Dardenne has previously said that has enjoyed his time in Monson, but that he wants to pursue new opportunities – not in public schools – while he still can.
