Thursday, February 21, 2013
The Board of Education is now expected to announce a new leader Tuesday night.
Friday 10:50 a.m. Update A previous version of this story indicated that Dr. Fred Czerwonka would be interviewing with community members and the Board of Education on Saturday. The Board interview will take place Saturday, but the community interviews will be held Monday. Patch apologizes for any confusion and has corrected the story below Weather conditions which have canceled classes Thursday and Friday at Ladue Schools will delay the naming of a new superintendent until Tuesday. Dr. Fred Czerwonka, the Superintendent of the West Plains (MO) School District, will interview with the Board of Education Saturday and with community stakeholders on Monday. Dr. Jonathan Lamberson, currently Superintendent of the Riverside (IL) School District …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Three candidates are scheduled to interview this week in closed-door sessions. An announcement of a finalist was scheduled for Monday.
Mother Nature is having an impact on the Ladue School District's search for a new superintendent. Finalists for the post had been scheduled for interviews with district leaders, staff and groups of community stakeholders this week, with plans to announce the new superintendent Monday night. Dr. Donna Jahnke, Ladue's Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning was interviewed Tuesday night at Ladue's administrative headquarters. Plans to interview Dr. Jonathan Lamberson, Superintendent of the Riverside (IL) School District 96 in suburban Chicago Thursday and Dr. Fred Czerwonka, Superintendent of the West Plains (MO) School District on Friday have now been consolidated to Friday and Saturday. Before that switch, Ladue School …
Monday, February 11, 2013
Final field includes Dr. Donna Jahnke of the Ladue School District.
The Ladue School Board has narrowed the field of candidates for the position of Superintendent of the district to three: Dr. Lamberson was a finalist for the same position in the West St. Paul, Mendota Heights-Eagan School District outside Minneapolis last year. Ladue Schools engaged the services of McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C., a company that specializes in finding administrators out of Omaha, NE. Candidates will have a full round of interviews February 19-22 and the board of education anticpates making the announcement of the new hire at the regular school board meeting on February 25. The field was narrowed from 12 or 13 original candidates. More on the Ladue School Board workshop meeting on Wednesday on Patch.
AnAreaResident
8:15 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
While she may be the best of the three, is she the best that a national search could bring in? Seems clear that the other two candidates were selected to make her look better. Such a dissapointment. more ›