New school superintendent search getting underway

Two consulting firms wanting to help lead the search for a new La Conner Schools superintendent made their pitches to school board members during near hour-long Zoom presentations Monday night.

Neither missed the mark.

As a result, the board postponed at least until its Oct. 12 study session choosing which will lead the perhaps six months process.

“I thought both firms did a good job presenting,” board president Susie Gardner Deyo said of the Northwest Leadership Associates spokesmen Mark Venn and Dr. Wayne Robertson and McPherson & Jacobson rep Rich Parker.

“We’ll sleep on it and come back in...