Hopkins Public Schools — Transcript
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Round 1 Superintendent Candidate Deliberations and Strengths Review
Planning for Round 2 Superintendent Interviews
Votes (1)
Selection of Finalists for Superintendent Position
Dissent: None. The motion passed unanimously.
Moved by Chair Endresen [00:38:20] · Seconded by A Board Member [00:38:30]
Board members expressed gratitude to all five candidates for their participation and acknowledged the difficulty of the decision. They emphasized that the selection process was informed by the evaluative rubric, community feedback, and careful listening to each candidate's responses. The discussion highlighted the intention to continue a conversation rather than make a final decision, reducing the perceived 'heaviness' of the selection.
Notable Quotes (3)
I am interested in bringing back three candidates to hear more from. And I appreciate your reminder to us and the community that this is to continue a conversation.
This is a very hard decision. Um especially being the first time superintendent search. Um I will echo Director Thompson's um uh comments that uh I think we have a very useful tool in front of us.
A, thank you for naming that and reminding us and our community of the evaluative rubric that we utilized. Um and then B is just to thank again MSBA for in part for your all's work in taking what we heard from the community engagement survey and all the feedback and then giving such clear descriptors around what does an answer that exceeds expectations as it relates to our own stated and professed values of what we're looking for in a leader and what we heard from the community in the survey and all the things.
Ordinances & Resolutions (9)
Exceeds, Meets, Disappoints forms used by board members to rate candidate answers.
Platform providing access to candidate reference letters, application answers, cover letters, and resumes.
A tool used to help the board build consensus around candidates.
Feedback mechanism from the community used to inform the evaluation rubric and desired leader qualities.
Evaluative tools developed to guide the board's assessment of candidates based on community input and desired values.
Hopkins School District's guiding document and current strategic plan.
Educational plans for students with disabilities, discussed in relation to data-driven improvements.
Minnesota legislation mentioned as a potential topic for Round 2 presentation.
Documents distributed to the board for planning Round 2 interviews.