The next board meeting is this Monday, August 17 at 5pm. Time for public comments will be soon after the meeting is called to order. Check out our board advocacy guide if you haven’t spoken at a meeting before and don’t know what to expect, or just for some extra info. This meeting’s agenda has no attachments and is a special meeting for a board vote on the search firm for our next superintendent. Three firms presented at the August 10th meeting, and that meeting’s materials included their proposals and presentations. We’ve included a brief summary of the firms below, including costs and relevant prior searches they’ve facilitated. The details are also on our site, along with some recaps of recent board meetings that may be easier to digest than the board minutes (which also take a while to get posted). Check those out for info on the RFP for the search, financial reports, crossing guards, and health/life safety items.
- Alma Advisory Group (Proposal, Presentation) - Hyde Park
- Cost is $80,000 with a not-to-exceed total inclusive of marketing and travel of $95,000. This equals 32% of salary, which they have benchmarked at $250k
- We did not see any additional services offered at additional cost in the proposal.
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Conducted ETHS 202’s superintendent process in 2022
- HYA (Proposal, Presentation-not in board materials) - Arlington Heights
- Cost is 25% of total compensation (as opposed to the other proposal, which is based on salary, total compensation includes benefits, PTO, etc., in the total), inclusive of costs like travel, etc.
- For comparison to Alma’s proposal, HYA’s rate would be the same range of $80-95k if the total compensation of the new superintendent’s total salary and benefits totaled $320,000-380,000. (Dr. Turner’s total compensation was $324,000 in the most current info)
- Provided an “Optional Services” section with items for added costs (page 39).
- Conducted D65’s superintendent process in 2014
- The FOIA Gras blog reported that HYA facilitated a search for Benton Harbor, MI’s superintendent, where they selected a candidate who was formerly D65’s Director of Research, Accountability and Data from 2022-2023. The blog reports that this person left before the first year had completed, with some controversy explained in the blog.
- Cost is 25% of total compensation (as opposed to the other proposal, which is based on salary, total compensation includes benefits, PTO, etc., in the total), inclusive of costs like travel, etc.
- IASB (Proposal, Presentation) - Lombard
- Cost is not to exceed $11,900, with optional add-ons such as “Conduct Focus Groups” ($4,500), “Facilitate Stakeholder Group with Finalists” ($1,500), and “Conduct Mock Interview” ($4,500).
- Total with the above options is $21,900. IASB indicated in its presentation that its fees are lower because D65 is a member. (IASB is the Illinois Association of School Boards)
- Conducted D65’s superintendent and CFO processes in 2023-2024.