Al e x a n d r i a C e n t r a l S ch o o l D i s t r i c t

Jane Aikins Board of Education

President 34 Bolton Avenue
Alexandria Bay, New York 13607 Andrea Adsit
Suzanne Hunter Betty Compeau
Vice-President 315-482-9971 Fax 315-482-9973 Stephen Dreizler
Christine Lingenfelter
Terry Fralick www.alexandriacentral.org James VanCour
Interim Superintendent
of Schools

PRESS RELEASE
TO: News Media

FROM: Alexandria Central District Board of Education

DATE: October 10, 2017

RE: Alexandria Central Superintendent Recruitment/Selection Process

One of the most important decisions that a Board of Education will ever make is the recruitment and
selection of a Superintendent of Schools. This decision will not only impact our faculty, staff, and
students, but also our entire community. This is a responsibility that we as members of the Board of
Education take very seriously. Over the past several months the Board has embarked on a process to
recruit a new Superintendent. The Superintendents vacancy was advertised widely in professional
journals and newsletters throughout New York State. At the close of the recruitment period twenty-three
(23) individuals had submitted letters of interest, resumes, and credentials for this position. Each member
of the Board reviewed the application materials of each candidate. Following a discussion of each
candidates credentials the Board selected a group of individuals for personal interviews. These
interviews were held on October 4 and October 5, 2017. At the conclusion of the initial interviews, the
Board discussed their impressions of each candidate. As a result of this discussion, the Board has selected
the following two (2) candidates to move on to the next step of the recruitment process:

Mr. Christopher Clapper, K-6 Principal, Southern Cayuga Central School District
Ms. Erin Woods, Special Education School Improvement Specialist and Former Superintendent
of Lisbon Central School District

During the next phase of the recruitment process, the Board will be seeking feedback from the school
community regarding their impressions of the two (2) finalist candidates. Second round stakeholder
sessions have been scheduled for Wednesday, October 25, 2017. Each candidate will be participating in a
series of sessions with the districts staff, students, and community. At each of these sessions, participants
will be able to ask the candidates whatever questions they would like to ask. The members of the
community will have an opportunity to meet each candidate at community interview sessions scheduled
for 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. on October 25. The schedule for stakeholder sessions with community members,
staff and students is printed below. It is important to note that the staff and community sessions are
open to all interested individuals from these groups. We encourage people to participate in these
sessions and to bring questions you would like to ask the candidates so we can gather as much
information as possible from the Alexandria School District Community. Each individual who elects
to participate in the process will be invited to provide the Board with written comments regarding their
impression of each candidate. These comments may be anonymous depending on the wishes of the
author. The Board will review the comments collected from each group and use this information in the
final decision-making process.

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