The next step in Taylor Independent School District’s search for its next superintendent takes place next week.
JG Consulting, the searching firm selected to run the school district’s hiring process, will host a town hall meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 at the Taylor ISD Event Center.
“It’s what I would call a true town hall,” School Board President Marco Ortiz said. “They are going to kind of talk about the search process and ask what (the community) would like to see.”
The school board selected JG Consulting to serve as the firm to lead its superintendent search process during its Aug. 7 meeting. The trustees worked with the same firm to hire former Superintendent Devin Padavil.
Ultimately, JG Consulting will present the results to the board of trustees. The combination of the trustees’ and community’s interests will largely lead the selection criteria.
Ortiz said around 25 to 30 people attended the town hall meeting that occurred during the search that led to Padavil’s hiring.
“We were really big into communicating and communicating not just with the board, but with the community and being visible,” Ortiz said. “That’s what we got with Dr. Padavil, he was at events, chamber meetings, at other things and was representing the district. So those are the kinds of questions asked.”
During the next school board meeting Monday, Aug. 21, the school board will consider setting a timeline for JG Consulting. Timeline items include information gathering, opening the application and selection date.
Anyone in the community is able to attend the event to give recommendations of traits they would like to see in Taylor’s next superintendent, regardless if they are affiliated with the school system or not.
An anonymous survey can be completed on the town hall meeting’s flier, which can be found on Taylor ISD’s Twitter page.
Steve Flores will serve as interim superintendent for the district in the meantime.
Flores is a former superintendent of Round Rock Independent School District and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District. He served for seven years at Round Rock and five years at Harlingen.
