Rochester’s School Board President says the superintendent search process was “transparent.”
That’s in response to protestors who demonstrated during superintendent candidate Dr. Bolgen Vargas’s presentation at a public forum Tuesday night.
Malik Evans says the move by a group of community members was in an effort to discredit the interim superintendent.
But Lori Thomas, a 5th grade teacher in the District, who also joined with the protestors, says the issue is with the superintendent search process, more so than Vargas.
She says some community members have gone before the Board to share their concerns regarding how board members went about selecting the finalists from the larger pool of candidates. But she says they've received no response.
The School Board is expected to vote by the end of this month and name the next school chief in early May.