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Cedar Rapids schools surveying community as part of superintendent search
Survey will help district ‘determine desired characteristics of a new superintendent’
Nov. 1, 2022 9:14 am, Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 3:59 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids schools are gathering input as the district begins its search for a new superintendent.
A survey is available for staff, families and community members to “gather perceptions” of the school district and “determine the desired characteristics of the new superintendent,” according to a district newsletter.
Former Superintendent Noreen Bush, 51, died last month. She was diagnosed with cancer more than two years ago. Bush went on family medical leave in September. The school board approved her resignation last month, effective June 30, setting in motion a superintendent search process.
Last week, the school board appointed interim superintendent Art Sathoff, who will be the superintendent through June.
The board last week selected an Illinois firm — Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates — to identify candidates to become the next superintendent of the state’s second-largest school district, possibly as early as January.
The survey can be found at survey2.ecragroup.com/index.php/518837?newtest=Y&lang=en
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Art Sathoff listens Oct. 26 during a Cedar Rapids school board meeting. The board named Sathoff, who retired in June as the Indianola Community School District’s superintendent, as interim superintendent in Cedar Rapids through June. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)
Superintendent Noreen Bush speaks to graduates during the Kennedy High School commencement ceremony in May 2021 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids. Bush died last month. (The Gazette)
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