Lexington One is searching for superintendent-elect/superintendent
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Lexington County School District One is searching for a dynamic, visionary leader to join us as Superintendent-Elect/Superintendent and implement the district’s five-year strategic plan and advance Lexington One to the next level in supporting every student to learn, grow, and succeed.
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Visionary leader with high expectations and successful administrative experience
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Willing and able to be a visible community leader
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Strong working knowledge of community relations, program evaluation, finance, school law, and personnel recruitment, selection, and retention
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Desire to build upon a record of continuous academic improvement and success
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Sensitivity to the total needs of all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds pertaining to students, parents, educators and support staff
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Possess, model, and expect fairness, honesty and integrity
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Timeline
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Jan 23, 2024 Board Meeting
On 1/23/2024, Lexington One Board of Trustees amended the superintendent’s contract to change deputy superintendent to superintendent-elect/superintendent.
As part of Dr. Postlewait’s five-year employment contract, the Lexington One board required that she create a new position, deputy superintendent, and fill the job within six months. Because of budget constraints, the district chose to leave this position vacant during the 2023–24 school year.
At the Jan. 23 meeting, Dr. Postlewait recommended and the board voted to amend Section Two of the superintendent’s contract to reclassify the deputy superintendent position referenced in her contract to a superintendent-elect/superintendent.
Succession planning during this critical time in our district drives this decision.
Searching for and hiring a superintendent-elect/superintendent provides a smooth leadership transition for the district. As Dr. Postlewait mentioned at the Jan. 23 board meeting, Lexington One is about to begin implementing a new five-year strategic plan that will involve addressing areas of improvement identified in a recently completed curriculum effectiveness audit. A superintendent-elect/superintendent position can ensure a seamless transition in leadership during a very critical period when there is much work to be done.
At the 1/23/2024 board meeting Dr. Postlewait said, “I think it would be in the district’s best interest to have stability during that transition time of one superintendent to the next. I would love to be able to stay here for the full five years, but to be honest I’m in my sixth decade of working with, in and for schools. I would be a little fearful of pushing the envelope on how far I could actually go with the next strategic plan. I’d like to go as far as it will take us, but I want the succession planning to be really clear.”
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Jan. 30, 2024 Special Called Board Meeting
On 1/30/2024, Lexington One Board of Trustees voted to contract with Dino Teppara, founder of DT Strategies, to assist the board with the search process for the superintendent-elect/superintendent.
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Jan. 31–Feb. 26, 2024
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Feb. 12–18, 2024
Community survey open
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March 21, 2024 — Three Superintendent-elect/Superintendent finalists named
Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees unanimously selected Dr. Chris Ballenger, Mr. Keith Price, and Dr. Erin Slater as the finalists for the position of Superintendent-elect/ Superintendent. A total of 12 candidates applied for the position. The application period ran from January 31 to February 26, 2024.
Speaking on behalf of the Board of Trustees, Chairwoman Anne Marie Green said, “We are very pleased to have these three highly qualified educational professionals express their interest in leading our school district. We are scheduling a community meet and greet on April 8, 2024, from 5 to 6 p.m. for employees, parents, students, and community members to meet our finalists at Central Services. The final round of interviews will take place following the meet and greet.
“We look forward to our community learning more about these leaders as we move into the final phase of our search and receiving their feedback. I also want to thank our Board of Trustees for their hard work in this search process. We know how important this decision is to the entire Lexington One family, and we are dedicated to a successful search process.”
Pursuant to S.C. Code of Laws, Section 30-4-40 (a)(13), the Board of Trustees has placed the resumes for all three finalists online.
