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Carson City School Board to interview final two superintendent candidates in person Tuesday

Event Date: 
February 22, 2022 - 8:15am
The Carson City School District Board of Trustees will interview the final two superintendent candidates in person on Tuesday morning, beginning at 8:15 a.m. in the Robert Crowell Board Room of the Carson City Community Center.

Each candidate will make a presentation on the following topic: “Carson City School District is currently refreshing its Strategic Plan. Please present your understanding of the District’s Strategic Plan and identify the ways you may strengthen it.”

The superintendent candidates will respond to questions posed by board trustees based on the content of their presentation. Interviews are scheduled as follows:

— Dr. John Goldhardt – 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

— Mr. Andrew Feuling – 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The first to be interviewed is Dr. John Goldhardt, Superintendent for Manchester School District in Manchester, NH. Manchester is a district of 13,000 students across 21 schools. Go here for a Carson City School District Board video interview of Dr. Goldhardt.

The second to be interviewed is Andrew Feuling, Director of Fiscal Services and Chief Financial Officer. Feuling has been with the school district since 2014 and oversees the school district’s budget including all measures of accounting, debt management, labor negotiations, and more. Go here for a Carson City School District Board video interview with Mr. Feuling.

Go here to watch the meeting live.

The meeting will then recess and reconvene as a regular board meeting beginning at 7 p.m.

Public comments will be accepted in person, or through virtual participation via email; publiccomment@carson.k12.nv.us. Comments may be made by members of the public on any matter within the authority of this Board. Public comment will be taken on items marked “for possible action” before action is taken on such items, and members of the public are encouraged to comment on such items at the time they are being considered.

Although members of the board may respond to questions and discuss issues raised during public comment, no action may be taken on such a matter until the matter is placed on an agenda for action at a meeting of the Board.

In making public comment, speakers are asked to come to the table or podium, sign in, speak into the microphone, and identify themselves for the record. Speakers are instructed to limit their comments to no more than three (3) minutes regardless of whether the comments are made in person, or through virtual participation, and to not simply repeat comments made by others.

The board agenda includes the following:

— Discussion and possible action to offer the position of Superintendent for the Carson City School District, within the previously approved salary range, effective July 1, 2022.

— Discussion and possible action per the Carson City Schools to approve an expenditure exceeding $10,000 to the WNC Jump Start Program to pay for student textbooks for the 2021-2022 academic year.

See the full agenda below.

Carson City School District School Board Agenda by Carson Now on Scribd

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