Maude Graham talks to children about how failure isn't a dead-end, how they must have a plan B and plan C in place, and encourages them to avoid a fixed mindset which means making the same mistake again and again.
LAKELAND The Polk County Public Schools citizens advisory committee on Thursday evening whittled 52 candidates who applied for school superintendent to their top seven.
“This is one of the largest fields we’ve had,” said Florida School Boards Association consultant Bill Vogel.
Current Schools Superintendent Jacqueline Byrd announced in May that she would retire from one of the largest districts in the nation, with more than 107,000 students last year and 150 schools.
The School Board then set about to start the process of hiring an expert to help them with selecting the new Polk Schools leader. FSBA, which, among other things, assists districts statewide in finding the right candidate, won the contract for about $35,000.