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More than 100 Applicants So Far for Durham Schools Superintendent

More than 100 Applicants So Far for Durham Schools Superintendent

Durham Public Schools on May 24 had received 109 applications from candidates hoping to take over as superintendent, according to a presentation from the Alma Advisory Group, which is helping DPS with the search process.

Demographics for the candidates include:

Of those applicants, 83 moved to resume review and about 50 went to the first-round interview.

During a recent Board of Education meeting, representatives from Alma discussed results of community and student surveys, which received more than 2,600 responses.

Slightly less than half of respondents (48%) indicated their household earns between $50,000 and $150,000 per year – just a bit higher than the county average of 47%.

Respondents identified the following strengths of their school district:

Opportunities/weaknesses:

Top themes identified from this question: “Durham Public Schools will be successful if we accomplish these three things in the next five years:”

Skills community and staff want to see in the new superintendent:

DPS leaders are set to hold the finalist round for the last two or three candidates during the week of June 22-28.


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