Barbara Thompson Did Not Make the Madison School Board's Final Two Superintendent Candidate Beauty Contest

I applaud the Wisconsin State Journal's efforts to dig deeper into the Madison Superintendent search process. A kind reader pointed out to me how "shocking" it is that Barbara Thompson was NOT one of the two finalists.

The Madison School Board named these two finalists:

Jennifer Cheatham - apparently selected.

Walter Milton, Jr. - withdrew under a cloud of controversy.

from a larger group that included:

• Joe Gothard, Madison's assistant superintendent for secondary education.
• Barbara Thompson, a former Madison principal and New Glarus superintendent who is currently superintendent in Montgomery, Ala.
• Tony Apostle, a retired superintendent from the Puyallup School District near Tacoma, Wash.
• Curtis Cain, administrator of the Shawnee Mission School District near Kansas City, Mo.
• Sandra Smyser, superintendent of Eagle County Schools in Eagle, Colo.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 24, 2013 11:52 AM
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