More Information On Finalist Day.

With emails sent out about February 17 and excitement starting to starting build, we want to provide you with some more background regarding the events of February 17 and how the process will proceed.

The candidate will be arriving early to meet with a variety of Kadima stakeholders, from the Head of School to the faculty to the administration to the parents. This is a two way street; both our stakeholders will be looking at the candidate, and the candidate will be looking at Kadima. As NAIS puts it:

"Finalist visits are intended to benefit both the Search Committee and the candidate. Beyond their mutual need for the candidate to see and be seen by key constituencies, both have important questions that deserve answers and both are in the decisionmaking mode."

In view of this, we are seeking to have the candidate meet as many people as possible in a one day period. This means lots of meetings and not a lot of flexibility as to timing.

We've already received some indication that parents are frustrated that we're not having an evening session. We just couldn't set up an evening meeting and still complete everything in one day. I know that this is frustrating for people, but there was no other way to set up the schedule. We hoped by ending the parents' session at 9:00 a.m., we could meet most people's schedules.

For those that cannot attend, you should know that once the Head is hired, there will be ample times for meeting and greeting the new head.