The Mayer School Board held a special meeting Thursday, April 13 to hear a presentation from Arizona School Boards Association on selecting a new superintendent.

The board will replace former superintendent Dr. Eli Casey, released by the school board last month.

Dr. Donald Cook, interim superintendent, and board members Ken Boyd, David Snodgrass, Don Davenport and Kathryn Want attended the meeting. Board member Mark Mathern was not present.

Several members of the public also attended.

Panfilo Contreras of the Arizona School Boards Association, which the board retained to assist in its search for a new superintendent, focused on both basic and detailed procedures for filling the open position.

ASBA will guide the Board through the complicated process.

Contreras and his associates will also provide support services such as construction of an ideal candidate profile, acting as candidate contact point, and helping with applicant screening and processing.

The school board cannot legally delegate the selection of a new superintendent, but it is permitted to hire outside assistance with many facets of the process.

The main benefit of having the Association's assistance is that school board members will be able to focus all their attention on the candidates and leave the logistics to a trained team of professional human resource coordinators.

At the meeting board members also considered other agenda items, including approval of a May 5th and 6th senior student overnight trip to San Diego, and approval of the senior carnival to help raise money for the trip.

The board also approved the junior/senior high school summer school program, which begins June 12th and runs for six weeks , with a holiday recess July 3rd and 4th.

Sharon Hodge, district-wide Administrator, said "We would like to see more high school kids enrolled this summer."

For more information on the selection process for the new district superintendent, or for the summer school program, call the Mayer Unified School District at 632-7834.