BCS superintendent interviews start Monday

Louise Smith

Louise Smith, support staff specialist for the Poplarville School District and a Bogalusa superintendent finalist in 2008, will be the first of three candidates to interview for the vacant position.

Smith, a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi, has been with the Poplarville system since 1980.

The process begins at 8 a.m. with a tour of the district and schools and will conclude at 9 when Smith has dinner with the board.

On Tuesday, Lional Jackson, one of two assistant superintendents in the Tangipahoa Parish Schools, will interview while Dr. Daniel Slack, superintendent of the East Carter R-II School District in El Dorado Springs, Mo. will interview.

The board will announce its choice on Tuesday, June 28 and hopes the new superintendent will be in the position on July 1.

The candidate schedule:

8 a.m. Tour of District/Schools

9 a.m. Principals & Supervisors Group

10 a.m. Teachers

11:30 a.m. Open Forum in Board Room with External Stakeholders invited (Moderator in charge)

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1 p.m. Student Council

2 p.m. Classified Staff

3 p.m. Union Representatives

4 p.m. Open Forum in Board Room with PTA and Parents invited (Moderator in charge)

5 p.m. Break

5:30 – 7 p.m. Formal Interview with Board of Education

7:30 - 9 p.m. Dinner with the Board