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Gradebook podcast: Who will be Hillsborough County’s next superintendent?

 
Ryan Ray of the Hillsborough County School District's superintendent search firm scores a mock matrix of ice cream flavors to prepare School Board members for January, when they will chose among superintendent candidates.
Ryan Ray of the Hillsborough County School District's superintendent search firm scores a mock matrix of ice cream flavors to prepare School Board members for January, when they will chose among superintendent candidates. [ MARLENE SOKOL | Times staff ]
Published Dec. 19, 2019

The Hillsborough County school district, the seventh largest in the nation, is looking to hire a new chief executive before the current one retires in the spring.

The School Board hasn’t hired someone from outside the system to lead the district since the 1960s. But this time, the board appears intent on doing just that, to shake things up.

Fifty-one hopefuls applied, from both near and far, and now comes the task of whittling down the list to the ones who will get an interview.

How are things shaping up? Tampa Bay Times reporters Marlene Sokol and Jeff Solochek discuss the lay of the land as the search enters its next phase.

READ THE CANDIDATES’ RESUMES: Files A-L are here; files M-Z are here.