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Records provide glimpse into the cloistered search for the next Bibb Schools superintendent
In the hours before the Bibb County School Board was set to announce results from its monthslong search for a superintendent, some locals feared their voices weren’t being heard.
Former three-term school board member Lynn Farmer was one of them.
“To be honest, I’m terrified,” Farmer wrote in a 1:30 a.m. email to current board member James Freeman.
Word spread that the board planned to name an outside candidate as its sole finalist for the district’s top leadership position in a meeting April 21. The vote to do so came after dozens of emails, phone calls, text messages and letters from the community imploring the board to hire an internal candidate.
“I have been overwhelmed with phone calls and messages from community members and workforce partners asking how the school board could even think about hiring an outside candidate rather than a highly qualified internal candidate,” Farmer said in a later interview.
More than 400 pages of text messages, emails and phone calls to and from board members during the superintendent search since January offer a glimpse into a cloistered decision-making process. The Macon Newsroom obtained the records under the Georgia Open Records Act.
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Participants at the World Appreciative Inquiry Conference (WAIC) will have the opportunity to learn about the largest known face-to-face Appreciative Inquiry summit held in a school district in Macon, Georgia.
Called the Macon Miracle, the Bibb County School District used Appreciative Inquiry (AI) to bring together 4,300 people in creating its strategic plan.
Dr. Romain Dallemand, superintendent of the district, championed the effort. He was hired in February, 2011, and wanted to design a new educational system with the community’s collaborative efforts.
The strategic plan was intended to guide change and improvements for the next five years. These changes are centred on ensuring all children receive high-quality education to prepare them to be competitive and successful in a global economy.
Judy Godfrey, Bibb County School District director of professional learning, was involved with the whole process and says she was “totally” new to AI.
The first thing she noticed about the strengths-based approach to organizational development was how it helped ensure communication was thorough and timely, she says, which is an important part of any change initiative.
Internal and external stakeholders participated including teachers, janitorial staff, bus dr