The Mountain View Whisman School District Board of Trustees selected a new superintendent during a closed session March 22 and said it will work with legal counsel to negotiate a contract with the chosen candidate.

The action was announced when the board returned to open session at 3:36 p.m. The board said Leadership Associates, the firm assisting the district's search, will contact the selected candidate and district staff will prepare a draft employment contract to be included with the agenda for the board's next regular meeting. The board scheduled a regular meeting for April 3, 2025, when trustees plan to appoint the new superintendent and consider approving the contract. District staff said the finalist will be announced next week; the transcript did not provide the candidate's name.

Why it matters: appointing a superintendent determines the district's chief executive and educational leader and typically triggers contract negotiations over salary, term and performance expectations. The board indicated the legal office will participate in contract negotiations and that the public will have an opportunity to review and comment on the proposed contract when it is posted with the agenda for the April 3 meeting.

Board members were present for the session and there were no public speakers on the closed-session agenda, according to the meeting record. The board also noted a special session scheduled for March 27 and said the governance calendar is posted with the agenda. The transcript did not record a public vote count or the name of the selected candidate; those items are expected to appear with the April 3 agenda materials.