From the Head of School Search Committee
Dear SAA Families,

We are happy to report that our search firm representatives Jerry Katz and Cathy Hunter completed their two-day visit to SAA earlier this week. While on campus, they had the opportunity to meet with students, parents, administrators, faculty, staff, and Board of Trustee and Search Committee members, as well as with Tim Costello.

Jerry and Cathy were impressed at the thoughtful way that participants voiced their views on SAA's strengths, challenges and the important qualities needed for our next permanent head of school. They left with a sense of the truly special place that is SAA. Our thanks to everyone who participated. A special thanks to Monika Robinett for all of her work coordinating this important visit.

We can expect RG175 to have a completed position statement by the end of next week. This detailed document will help inform potential candidates about the unique qualities of SAA. It is exciting to note that there is already great interest in the opportunity to become the next permanent head of school.

With that in mind, a final reminder to complete the survey below.
Head of School Search Survey
Your timely and thoughtful responses to this community survey will help to inform the search and provide valuable direction to our consultants at RG175 and to the Search Committee.

If you have not yet done so, please complete this survey
by 9:00pm on Friday, February 3.
All responses are confidential and, if shared, will be without any identifiable attribution.
As always, any questions you might have can be directed to the Search Committee at searchcommittee@scienceandartsacademy.org.
Search Committee 
Bert Gutierrez-Wynne, Chair: Vice Chair, SAA Board of Trustees, Current Parent
Mark Anderson: SAA Board of Trustees, Alumni Parent
Steve Bayer: Teacher, Team Leader, Current Parent
Kirsten Bedway: Chair, SAA Board of Trustees, Alumni Parent
Sarah Bright: SAA Board of Trustees, Current Parent
Michelle Gueguen: Teacher, Team Leader
Mindy Hildebrandt: Director of Enrollment Management
Chirag Shah: Alumni Parent, past SAA Board of Trustees, past Chair, Finance Committee
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