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BELLEVILLE HENDERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL

8372 County Route 75
Adams, New York 13605
Main Office: 315-846-5411
Guidance Office: 315-846-5825
District Office: 315-846-5826
Fax: 315-846-5617

TO: News Media

FROM: Belleville Henderson Central School District Board of Education

DATE: October 30, 2017

RE: Belleville Henderson Superintendent Recruitment/Selection Process

One of the most important decisions that a Board of Education will ever make is the recruitment and selection of a
Superintendent of Schools. This decision will not only impact our faculty, staff, and students, but also our entire
community. This is a responsibility that we as members of the Board of Education take very seriously. Over the past
several months the Board has embarked on a process to recruit a new Superintendent. The Superintendents vacancy was
advertised widely in professional journals and newsletters throughout New York State. At the close of the recruitment
period twenty-three (23) individuals had submitted letters of interest, resumes, and credentials for this position. Each
member of the Board reviewed the application materials of each candidate. Following a discussion of each candidates
credentials the Board selected a group of individuals for personal interviews. These interviews were held on October 17,
19 and 24, 2017. At the conclusion of the initial interviews, the Board discussed their impressions of each candidate. As a
result of this discussion, the Board has selected the following three (3) candidates to move on to the next step of the
recruitment process:

Joseph Gilfus, High School Principal, Thousand Islands Central School District
David Hamilton, Interim High School Principal, Red Creek Central School District
Regina Yeo, Superintendent, Clifton-Fine Central School District

During the next phase of the recruitment process, the Board will be seeking feedback from the school community
regarding their impressions of the three (3) finalist candidates. Second round stakeholder sessions have been scheduled
for Monday, November 6, 2017. Each candidate will be participating in a series of sessions with the districts staff,
students, and community. At each of these sessions, participants will be able to ask the candidates whatever questions
they would like to ask. The members of the community will have an opportunity to meet each candidate at community
interview sessions scheduled for 6:00 p.m., 6:35 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. on November 6. The schedule for stakeholder
sessions with community members, staff and students is printed below. It is important to note that the staff and
community sessions are open to all interested individuals from these groups. We encourage people to participate in
these sessions and to bring questions you would like to ask the candidates so we can gather as much information as
possible from the Belleville Henderson School District Community. Each individual who elects to participate in the
process will be invited to provide the Board with written comments regarding their impression of each candidate. These
comments may be anonymous depending on the wishes of the author. The Board will review the comments collected
from each group and use this information in the final decision-making process.

BOARD OF EDUCATION INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT PRINCIPAL

John W. Allen Adam J. Miner Jane A. Collins Scott A. Storey
David P. Bartlett Laurie M. Nohle
Roger E. Eastman Gary M. Ramsdell BUSINESS MANAGER
Kurt E. Gehrke Brianne R. Kirchoff