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The process, to replace interim Superintendent Bobbi Mahler, has been guided by a search firm and started in February. The finalists were not been formally announced but were reported to be sitting superintendents at two Southern California school districts, one in Orange County and another in Los Angeles County.
Trustees met in closed session Monday and picked a single finalist, who was not publicly identified. Officials from that school district, including the teachers’ union, will be contacted before the hire is finalized.
Mahler has been working on a one-year contract, which expires in June. She earns $975 under the agreement.
The new hire will be the seventh superintendent in Capistrano Unified in the last four years. One resigned in less than a month, citing the political climate, another was fired. The national search attracted 46 candidates.
The board meets in regular session at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 11 at CSUD headquarters,
John,
Correction on Mahler's pay: That's $975 per day.
Posted by: Sam | May 04, 2010 at 06:07 PM
I did some cursory research on Garrett "Gary" Rutherford of Upland and Joseph Farley of Anaheim. If they really are the two finalists, they both sound pretty competent to me. Let's hope the BOT did something right!
Posted by: still loving my job | May 04, 2010 at 06:14 PM
Still loving,
Me too. Mostly on Farley. Seems very qualified. I can't believe this bot has put me in a place where I can't trust them on anything. I did see that AUSD signed him through 2012, which is weird.
He shows up in an article here, which I don't get. It's just a press release and doesn't really say anything about him, but just the fact that his name is on the ea site makes me curious: http://www.education-alliance.org/press/index.cfm/ID/130.htm
Posted by: Robert Lopez-Langdon | May 04, 2010 at 06:49 PM
I wish our new sup lots of luck....
Posted by: StallionPower | May 04, 2010 at 06:54 PM
Robert,
The EA connection worries me too, but Anaheim did face a 35.6 million budget cut and the teachers only took a 3.24% hit in the form of 6 furlough days. and Farley remarked on the "collaborative negotiation process." sounds better than CUSD!
Since he sounds better, we can probably assume the BOT went after somebody else!
Posted by: still loving my job | May 04, 2010 at 07:14 PM
I'd still like to hear someone else call it "collaborative". He might have the same PR firm that Mahler uses. Or live in Anna's reality. You have to worry about motivations - is this a challenge that a talented mid-career professional wants to tackle for the "feather in the cap" or would anyone taking on this position have to have ulterior motives or a situation he's escaping? All we can do now is wait and wonder if Martindale will cover the "winner's" background in any depth.... Just kidding.
Posted by: Reality Check | May 04, 2010 at 07:36 PM
What about Van Riley? He lives in San Clemente...just a wild guess.
Posted by: Quest | May 04, 2010 at 07:44 PM
Van W. Riley, Ph.D., Superintendent,
Huntington Beach Union High School District????
Just a hunch but I can be wrong! Let's see...He's a really GOOD one though.
Maybe he wasn't interested....because his accomplishments in HB.
Posted by: Quest | May 04, 2010 at 07:56 PM
It looks to me like Farley would be taking this as a job until retirement. If so, that does not bode well for us in CUSD. We shal see....
Posted by: What is our future? | May 04, 2010 at 08:52 PM
how could any superintendent in OC even consider the job? I could see an outsider looking at the salary and the scores thinking it is a cakewalk...but someone that reads the Register, sees the local news, socializes with the CUSD staff....I would think they would either be way over their head looking for that step up...or just plain wrong for the job if they are that blind to all that goes on here.
Posted by: well? | May 04, 2010 at 09:33 PM