Applicants interviewed

Albany ISD trustees spent a long day on Saturday, Nov. 3 interviewing six candidates for the post of AISD superintendent, bringing the total list of interviews so far to nine, according to interim superintendent Doyleen Terrell.

Two other candidates withdrew before their interviews were held.

A total of 41 educators from around the state applied for the position by the Oct. 4 deadline.

The trustees will meet again on Wednesday, Nov. 14 to review the interviews held so far, and they plan to call some of the applicants back for a second interview starting Nov. 17.

No action or discussion about the candidates has been held in open forum, but the board’s original timeline was to announce a lone finalist by the end of November.

Longtime Albany superintendent Shane Fields, who held the job for 16 years, resigned last spring to take the executive director’s position at the Region 14 Education Service Center.

Terrell, who is a retired Albany principal, has been serving part-time as interim superintendent.