Oconee Schools Hire Consultants to Help With Superintendent Search
The Oconee County School Board voted to enlist the help of the Georgia School Boards Association Monday.
The Oconee County School Board will pay the Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) $8,000 to assist with the search for a new superintendent. Last month Superintendent John Jackson announced he will retire at the close of the school year. He made the announcement early in the year to give the Board sufficient time to secure a replacement, he said. Bill Sampson, a consultant with the non-profit GSBA, gave a presentation to the Board last week outlining the services the GSBA provides during the search process. The cost would be a flat fee of $8,000 plus the expense for a consultant to travel from Buford to Oconee County 3-4 times, Sampson had said. The GSBA has been involved in more than 225 superintendent searches during the last 20 …
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Stephanie Gross
8:32 am on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Rich, This is a good question and one that I will ask the Board as I continue to follow this story. more ›