Orange Unified Halts Search for Permanent Superintendent
The Orange Unified School District’s Board of Education recently paused its search for a permanent superintendent, and it’s unclear when it will resume.
The board was to select a consulting firm April 13 to aid its search. But at the meeting, trustees instead voted unanimously to take no action, with various reasons why.
Board President Rick Ledesma said during the meeting he was worried about costs.
“I’m concerned about … expending the dollars because we’d have to be paying progress payments to the search firms to do the work, and in the end, we decide [who we’ll hire],” Ledesma said….