We are very pleased with the caliber of the top nine. We've had a lot of interest and we're pleased with the quality of the candidates.

I was stunned when he contacted me and expressed interest, but I'm very excited that he did. He has the right disposition for it, he has great people skills, he's well respected and well liked, and I think he can do a great job.

This has to do with the advertising and we'd like to be fair to everyone.

We're very pleased to find someone with Dr. Calvert's background and experience. She's very attuned to the role a good superintendent should play and she's committed to helping us find the right match for our district.

We hope this is going to make a difference.

There's a lot of details and we've already worked about 15 hours as a board just to get us to this point. The one thing we do know is that word has gotten out. Within two days of Dr. Burns' announcing her retirement, we had requests for applications. The interest is there.