Meet-and-greet set for Marysville superintendent finalists
Published 2:24 pm Thursday, February 10, 2022
MARYSVILLE — The public is invited to meet three Marysville School District superintendent finalists Valentine’s Day evening.
Margaret “Peggy” Aune, Zak Palsha and Zachary Robbins will be answering questions and shaking hands at the Marysville Pilchuck High School commons, and virtually via Zoom, from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. Monday.
The three were selected from a pool of 42 school district leaders from across the country and overseas. GR Recruiting, the firm hired by the district to lead the national search, presented 11 of those candidates to the School Board. The board selected and interviewed five semifinalists last week. They named the finalists in a special meeting Saturday.
District residents will have about 40 minutes to get to know each candidate, Marysville School Board President Paul Galovin said. Finalists will introduce themselves and answer community questions collected by GR Recruiting during interviews, surveys and forums last fall.
GR Recruiting will collect community input at the end of the forum, Galovin said.
“Our hope is to make this as public and open as we can,” he said. “We need the public to take full part in this to really let us know what they value.”
Aune, chief innovation officer for an education nonprofit in Naples, Florida, has served as an associate and assistant superintendent for Collier County Public Schools in Florida.
Palsha, a recipient of Washington’s Golden Apple Excellence in Education Award, serves as superintendent at the Al-Bayan International School in Kuwait.
Robbins is principal of Cheyenne High School in Las Vegas, which has about 2,000 students. He has a background in teaching and leadership roles in both Nevada and Boston public schools.
More information about the superintendent search is available on the district’s website: msd25.org/page/superintendent-search-2021-2022.
Isabella Breda: 425-339-3192; isabella.breda@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @BredaIsabella.
