Rule-of-Thumb: No "Insiders" Need To Apply For Top Job As Mesa Public Schools Chief

According to an article by East Valley Tribune Executive Editor Paul Maryniak , 3 Finalists have been chosen after a nation-wide talent search by an un-named agency hired by the MUSD Governing Board. 

It's hard to reform or disrupt a corrupt system that has failed students for more than 40 years when two final selections are "insiders" and one other has a tainted public record.

Mesa to ‘meet’ 3 superintendent finalists this week

By Paul Maryniak, Tribune Executive Editor

"The Mesa Public Schools Governing Board has narrowed the search for the district’s next superintendent to two internal candidates and the president of an educational materials company whose last job as superintendent ended in controversy.

The board at a special meeting March 27 unanimously approved as finalists: Dr. Andi Fourlis, MPS deputy superintendent; Holly C. Williams, MPS executive director of master planning and bond projects; and Dr. Heath E. Morrison, president of McGraw-Hill Education.

The three candidates face a round of virtual interviews from tomorrow, April 6, through Tuesday as the Governing Board homes in on making a decision April 14 a replacement for former Superintendent Dr. Ember Conley. . . 

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