The Board of Education vests the primary responsibility for administration of this District in the Superintendent of Schools. The appointment of that officer is, therefore, one of the most important functions the Board can perform.

The Board shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools as chief executive officer and fix his/her salary and term of office which shall be no more than five (5) years.

The Board shall actively seek the best qualified and most capable candidate for the position of District Superintendent.

The Board may request the State Board of Education to issue a one-year temporary educator license to a proposed candidate for the superintendency providing the candidate is of good moral character and has earned at least a baccalaureate degree in finance or administration from an accredited institution of higher learning or has at least five (5) years of recent work experience in education, management, or administration.

No person may be employed as Superintendent of this District unless s/he has signed an employment contract with the Board.

Any candidate's intentional misstatement of fact material to his/her qualification for employment or the determination of his/her salary shall be considered by this Board to constitute grounds for his/her dismissal.

Any applicant under final consideration of employment with the Board must complete a DMA form with no positive indications that material assistance has been provided to a terrorist organization before working in the District (see Policy 8120).

Prior to employment, the candidate selected must also pass a background check performed by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

R.C. 2909.34, 3313.18, 3319.01, 3319.225
A.C. 3301-23-19