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New 3V super search IDs five
Interviews this week, 'community forum' by March; open campus may be closed
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A search for the new Three Village school superintendent moved forward this week as five applicants were invited to be interviewed face to face by the Board of Education trustees. A meeting Monday was to be followed by a second tonight, Feb. 4, according to board President David Micklos. Two applicants were to be screened at one meeting; three at the other.
Micklos said three of those to be interviewed were "sitting superintendents" and the other two "sitting assistant superintendents." Confidentiality requirements prohibited Micklos from saying if one of the current superintendent applicants was Don Webster, Three Village's interim super. Webster indicated to The Village Times Herald late last year that he would like to be considered.
"Interestingly," said Micklos of the five candidates, "one was interviewed with Ralph Ferrie" two years ago. Ferrie was chosen, signed to a three-year contract, and left after one year to return to New Jersey and a position in higher education, precipitating the current superintendent search.
Micklos said the same procedure that failed to produce a consensus last fall would be followed again. After interviewing and evaluating the applicants, the trustees will invite the remaining candidates to be interviewed by a "community forum." The board president said he has alerted the community representatives to expect the forum to occur during the last week of February or the first week in March.
Open or closed campus
Regarding the ongoing debate over an open or closed campus at Ward Melville High School, Micklos would not predict if the measure to change the 40-year policy of permitting seniors to come and go during the school day would be reversed. However he acknowledged that — over the objections voiced by himself and trustees John Diviney and Glen Whitney — the revision to district policy has cleared the first hurdle and could be approved at the board's regular meeting on Feb. 9.
In related news that could serve to alter Three Village policy regardless of the trustees' decision, a bill has been introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Ridgewood), chair of the Assembly Education Committee, that would prohibit open campuses at high schools across the state. The Assembly measure, bill A01866, was introduced last year and is currently before Nolan's Education Committee. The assemblywoman's office said there is not yet a companion resolution in the state Senate.
Assistant superintendent
Micklos said B. Allen Mannella, retained on an "as needed" and interim basis as the district's assistant superintendent for human resources last year, is "technically still with the district." It was reported in late December Mannella was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated. In early January Micklos said the trustees had already interviewed two candidates to replace Mannella. "We are conducting another interview next week," Micklos said Friday. "I'm optimistic that we will make a decision on that next week."
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