Saline Area Schools Names Candidates for Superintendent Interviews

A list of six candidates has been selected to be interviewed to be the next superintendent of Saline Area Schools. The school district put out its list of names on April 23.

The Saline Area Schools Board of Education has identified the following six candidates for first round interviews:

• Alexander Cintron, Ph.D. , Director, Detroit Public Schools Community District, MI
• Martin DuBois, M.A., Superintendent, Reading Community Schools, MI
• Rachel Kowalski, Ed.D., Superintendent, Colon Community School District, MI
• Tracey Lowder (II), MA.E., Principal/Superintendent(former), Portage Community Schools/Vandercook Lake Schools, MI
• Nicholas Steinmetz, M.A., Superintendent, Madison School District, MI
• Harold Yearwood, Ed.D., Superintendent(former), Columbia Missouri, MO

This process began when current SAS Superintendent Dr. Stephen Laatsch announced he would be retiring at the end of the school year.

The school board has employed facilitator Jay Bennett, MASB, Assistant Director, Executive Search Services, to facilitate the district’s process and search. To help the board prepare for the interviews, Bennett gave a presentation at the April 22 school board meeting about moving into the first round of interviews. His talk ranged from what should be the board’s goals to how to conduct the interviews, which in the first round will see the candidates have the same questions given to them a day before the interviews that will be held in an open meeting.

The district said additional information on interview times and locations will be forthcoming. There will be an opportunity to provide feedback to the board after each of the interviews, which will be recorded and posted on the district’s YouTube page.

Photo: Screenshot from Saline Area School YouTube video of Jay Bennett talking to the Saline school board on April 22.