Virtual town hall meeting scheduled tonight on superintendent search

The Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Education is planning a virtual town hall meeting tonight on the search for a new superintendent.

The community and stakeholders are asked to provide comments on characteristics and skill sets they want to see in a new superintendent, according to a school district news release.

The first town hall meeting will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 5, via the internet.

JG Consulting will conduct the meetings. Two of the meetings will be in Spanish.

The rest of the town hall meeting schedule includes: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 9, in English; 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, in Spanish; and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, in Spanish.

The school district is asking that questions be submitted by email in advance to make sure the consulting firm can address as many questions as possible. The questions may be sent to [email protected].

The link to the virtual meetings will be available on the school district’s website at http://www.kckps.org/.