Superintendent Search

School Board Suspends Superintendent Search Process and Hires Interim Superintendent

The Brainerd School Board has suspended their search for a new superintendent and will hire an interim superintendent for the 2024-25 school year. At a special board meeting held June 4, 2024, the board voted unanimously to offer the interim position to Peter Grant, former superintendent of Owatonna Public Schools, and a contract is expected to be approved on Monday, June 10.

The Board plans to re-launch the search for a permanent superintendent this Fall, and more information will be provided as plans develop surrounding the search process.

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The Brainerd Public School Board is working in partnership with the Minnesota School Board Association (MSBA) to select a new superintendent through a local and national search. Brainerd Public Schools is committed to ensuring effective communication throughout the search process. The district will share information on this webpage throughout the process.

Search Process Overview

Over the course of the next month, the Brainerd Public Schools Board of Education will work with MSBA to select the district's next superintendent. The search process will include the following:
  

April 2, 2024   
(4 p.m. Special Board Meeting) 
 
  Planning meeting – Board adopts search
timeline, reviews hiring criteria, search
procedures, market positioning, and
stakeholder involvement 
     
 April 3, 2024 – April 14, 2024    Stakeholder survey open online and
in hard copy  
     
 April 3, 2024 – April 21, 2024    MSBA posts opening on websites (MSBA,
MASA, EdPost,  Revelus), advertises
position vacancy, receives  applications,
and responds to applicants’ inquiries
     
 April 12, 2024   MSBA conducts Search Preview meetings
with district  leadership groups 
     
 April 16, 2024
(4 p.m. – will be recorded) 
  MSBA hosts informational Q&A session
on Zoom
     
 April 21, 2024    Application Deadline
     
 April 22, 2024 
(5 p.m., Special Board Meeting)
MSBA attends virtually
  Board meets for interview training, and
to discuss stakeholder report, interview
procedures and questions
     
 April 22 – 30, 2024    MSBA conducts screening, preliminary
verification of references, pre-interviews
of recommended applicants
     
 April 23 – 30, 2024 
  Board members review applications
     
 April 30, 2024 
(1 p.m., Special Board Meeting)
MSBA attends virtually
  Board meets to determine finalists,
interview questions and procedures;
MSBA reviews interview training
     
 May 2, 2024
(4 p.m., Special Board Meeting)
  Board conducts first round of interviews
     
 May 8, 2024 
(Noon, Special Board Meeting)
   
Board conducts reference checks and
holds second round of interviews; Board
selects lone finalist and sets negotiations
process
     
 May 9, 2024    Board designee begins negotiations
of employment contract with lone
finalist
     
 May 13, 2024
(6 p.m., Regular Board Meeting)
  Board meets to approve employment
contract
     
 July 1, 2024   New superintendent reports to work
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