Monday's Meeting and Other Issues.

The Committee had a very interesting and productive meeting last night. As I have noted, much of our discussions and procedures must remain confidential. We can say that the Committee made a variety of decisions that we hope will move our effort forward. We have an excellent Search Committee; every meeting brings interesting and meaningful discussions.
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I have received some questions about the Committee's focus in finding the right Head of School for Kadima, and in particular, our stated desire to find a charismatic leader who can develop and implement the school's vision, raise funds, hire great teachers, and ultimately, bring more students to the school. While we believe that education experience, because Kadima is a school and education is a fundamental part of Kadima's mission, is inherent in these qualifications, our discussion about the differences between Head of School and Principal may have created some confusion. Moreover, because Dr. Gereboff was, in the past year, serving as principal of the elementary school as well as Head of School, it is natural that there might be some concern about who, if not the new Head, is going to be spending most of their time handling the details related to educational issues.

We want to assure everyone that neither the Committee nor the Board has forgotten about educational issues. We know that Kadima is, at its heart, a school. Part of the problem with this process is that much of it has to be confidential because it involves employment related issues and people's careers, so we just cannot speak freely about everything that is discussed in our meetings. This is especially true at this point, where we are in a particularly sensitive stage of the process.

Nonetheless, we can say that we are looking for a leader for a school; this means that the person we seek, absent some other extraordinary qualifications, will likely be a person who has substantial education experience.

We ask, in the meantime, for your patience during the next few weeks as we move forward with the selection process.