Contract negotiations between the Morgan Hill School District
and Alan Nishino, current superintendent of the Alameda School
District, appear to have been successful.
Contract negotiations between the Morgan Hill School District and Alan Nishino, current superintendent of the Alameda School District, appear to have been successful.
On the agenda for Monday’s regular School Board meeting is an action item to approve his hiring with a three-year contract.
Details of the contract were unavailable.
Superintendent Carolyn McKennan’s contract expires June 30. Nishino was one of 21 applicants for the position.
The board narrowed the list to six finalists, who were interviewed by the board and an advisory committee composed of community members and district employees. The slate was further pared to three candidates, who took part in second interviews.
After a day-long visit to the Alameda district, trustees offered Nishino the job.
After the district visit, trustees offered Nishino the position, and contract negotiations began.
Trustees held a special board meeting May 2 to discuss contract proposals; the board will vote during Monday night’s open session to approve the proposed three year contract.
Another important item on Monday’s agenda is the first look for trustees at the recommendations from the performance-based budget committee for the 2005-2006 fiscal year.
The committee has been meeting for several weeks, considering proposals from various district departments.
With the performance-based budget process, according to Deputy Superintendent Bonnie Tognazzini, who heads the business services department, committee members consider district programs based on their performance and their cost.
Committee members discuss proposals from district leaders to either maintain current programs, institute modified programs, take on new programs or make cuts.
The committee compiles a recommended “ballot” based on projected budget amounts for trustees to consider.
The ballot typically has three different scenarios based on programs being funded at different levels.
Within the ballot, Tognazzini said, the programs are ranked by the committee in order of priority.
Trustees may or may not accept the committee’s recommendations; in past years, trustees have been faced with huge cuts totaling millions of dollars and have not always made cuts as the committee suggested.
No decisions on the budget are planned Monday.
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