Two community meetings were led by interim Superintendent Sean Dusek this week to include Soldotna parents in the process of finding new principals to take over after two retire.
He said about 20 parents attended the first meeting at SoHi Tuesday night in regards to Principal Todd Syverson retiring.
Dusek: “We didn’t have any back-and-forth in terms of really what I was looking for or anything like that. We wanted to let everybody have their opportunity to think it through and come up with their opinions on characteristics and priorities. I didn’t want to influence that. I wanted their input from their perspective.”
Home school program Connections Principal Lee Young is also retiring and there was a meeting Wednesday night at the Connections office which parents Jennifer Hagel attended.
Hagel: “It would be nice to have somebody that has some experience with homeschooling and understand what the parents are looking for and how the whole dilemma works between the advisers and parents and students.”
Connections is different from other schools in that it has no set building as it is a home school administration and provides services to about 800 students throughout the district.
Dusek said the district will begin to review comments and suggestions possibly as soon as January 16 and could start interviewing for the positions in February.
Parents may still submit comments by writing or emailing the school district.