THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 10, 2024 Page 7 SUPERINTENDENT | FROM PAGE 1 served as Co-Chair of the Superintendent Search Committee with School Committee member Sharyn Rose-Zeiberg, told her colleagues two public interviews would be held next week in the Malden City Council Chambers. The dates were not set as of press time, but speculation after the meeting was that the public interviews could be held on two of these three nights: Monday, May 13, Wednesday, May 15 or Thursday, May 16. The dates will be posted on the city of Malden website – www.cityofmalden. org – when selected by the School Committee. It is expected that two candidates will be interviewed on each of the two nights, according to their availability on respective evenings. The interviews before the School Committee are expected to last 45 minutes to one hour each. After the interviews are held, Spadafora said, the School Committee will schedule a third evening for public deliberations and a formal vote to name the next Superintendent of Malden Public Schools. Spadafora noted that the superintendent search process has been going on since mid-February, about two and a half months, and that she was pleased with efficiency of the committee’s work, especially as it relates to the calendar. “At no point have we been rushing the process, including the present, but it has been very thorough and efficient,” Spadafora said. “We are pleased we are at this point in the process where we are in a position to vote on a candidate before the end of this month.” Spadafora gave a report on the process that began in February, reading from a memo provided for the School Committee. She said that a total of 14 candidates submitted complete applications for consideration. Of those 14 candidates, seven were selected for non-public interviews by the search committees and one candidate dropped out after accepting a position in another district. The School Committee Vice Chair said that the four finalists were selected after the interviews by the search committee. In addition to the public interviews next week, Spadafora said, there will also be school tours conducted for the candidates next week. Most of the members of the Superintendent Search Committee were invited to the rostrum at the meeting while Spadafora read her report. “I would like to thank all of the members of the committee, some of them were not able to make it tonight, for all their dedication and commitment these past three months,” Spadafora said. The School Committee Vice Chair also publicly thanked her co-chair, RoseZeiberg, Mayor Gary Christenson’s Chief of Staff, Maria Luise, and also Mass. 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