{"id":63372,"date":"2019-03-21T11:02:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-superintendent-search-nears-end\/"},"modified":"2019-03-21T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T17:02:08","slug":"dolores-superintendent-search-nears-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-superintendent-search-nears-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores superintendent search nears end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Jim Merriam, a representative from the Colorado Association of School Boards, speaks with the Dolores school board regarding desired qualities for the new superintendent.<\/span>Erika Alvero\/The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The Dolores school board has selected four final candidates to assume the district\u2019s superintendent position, and community members are invited to meet the finalists early next week.<\/p>\n

During a special meeting last week, the board of education announced the finalists: two of whom herald from Oklahoma, one from Creede, Colorado, and one from the Dolores School District RE-4A itself.<\/p>\n

Community members are encouraged to attend a meet-and-greet at 4:30 p.m. Monday in the Dolores High School commons area, the day before the candidates are interviewed by the school board and two stakeholder interview teams on March 26, a few days after the end of spring break.<\/p>\n

The board expects to have the new superintendent selected and announced by March 28.<\/p>\n

Board members worked with the Colorado Association of School Boards through the superintendent search process, which launched in early January.<\/p>\n

The finalists are John Marchino, currently serving as a dean of students and athletic director in Dolores; Silvia McNeely, a school superintendent in Wannette, Oklahoma; Patrick \u201cTony\u201d O\u2019Brien, a school superintendent in Newcastle, Oklahoma; and Elisabeth Richard, a school superintendent in Creede.<\/p>\n

Marchino was hired as the district\u2019s dean of students in July 2018. Previously, he worked in Durango School District 9-R, in charge of the district\u2019s health and wellness program, along with serving as principal of Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School for six years.<\/p>\n

He was also a finalist<\/a> for the superintendent position in Montezuma-Cortez School District RE-1 back in 2016.<\/p>\n

McNeely has worked in Wannette Public Schools for the past 4\u00bd years, serving as superintendent and PK-12 principal since January 2016 and as principal prior to that, according to her LinkedIn profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before that, she worked in Holdenville, Oklahoma, for seven years as a teacher, high school assistant principal, and curriculum director for the local school district, again according to her LinkedIn page.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Brien has served as superintendent in Newcastle since June 2012, and prior to that was a superintendent in two other Oklahoma school districts: Frederick Public Schools from 2005-12 and Cheraw Public Schools for two years before that, according to his resume<\/a> posted online.<\/p>\n

And Richard, superintendent in Colorado\u2019s Creede School District, has worked in education for over 30 years, according to the district website<\/a>, with experience as both an administrator and a classroom teacher. She has also served on the Rural Education Council for the Colorado Department of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two teams set to interview the finalists consist of staff, community members, parents and a student.<\/p>\n

The new superintendent\u2019s contract year will begin July 1.<\/p>\n

ealvero@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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