News Release

Everett Public Schools

November 6, 2008

For more information:

Mary Waggoner, 425-385-4049

Phase one of superintendent search will end Friday, Nov. 7

At their meeting on Tuesday evening, School Board President Karen Madsen extended another invitation for the community to

help develop the profile of Everett Public Schools'next superintendent.

"This is the time when we encourage the public to step full force into the process," Madsen emphasized. "We have held more

than a dozen public sessions and already received almost 600 responses to our online survey. Those opportunities close on

Friday when we gather the input to begin the next phase of the superintendent search."

At a special meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 12, board members will use the information gleaned from the public sessions, the

survey, the e-mail and phone messages to begin writing advertising and application materials to recruit and screen applicants

for the superintendent position.

By the end of November, the board hopes to have the position publicized on professional and organizational Web sites around

the country. "Our goal is to close advertising in early January, interview in late January and possibly into February, then to

name a new superintendent possibly as early as March with that person beginning work on July 1, 2009."

"Everything we do from Nov. 7 on will be based upon what the community has told us up to that point. Therefore, it is critical

that our parents, staff, community and business partners take advantage of the online survey, leave us an e-mail message or

telephone message no later than noon on Friday, Nov. 7."

Input options open until noon on Friday, Nov. 7:

l E-mail the board at superintendentsearch@everettsd.org

l Take the online survey by going to www.everett.k12.wa.us

. Click on Superintendent Search Survey in the right-hand

column

l Leave a voice message at 425-385-7878

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