Superintendent Search

Dr. Melissa Kaczkowski Appointed Superintendent March 19, 2019

At a Special Meeting on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m., the Board of Education welcomed Dr. Melissa Kaczkowski as the next Superintendent of District 41. Dr. Kaczkowski will begin her role as Superintendent on July 1, 2019.

Search Process

January 21 - Board Meeting

The Board selected BWP & Assoc. to help conduct a search for a new Superintendent.

January 29 - Special Board Meeting

BWP & Assoc. presented  the search process and timeline. CLICK HERE for a video of the presentation to the Board.

February 4 - Community Survey

Launched the Superintendent Search Survey, which was available from February 4th - February 18th.

February 21 - Focus Groups

Search firm BWP & Associates will be holding open Focus Group conversations with the community on Thursday, February 21.

• 2 p.m. at Central Services Office, 793 N. Main St. Glen Ellyn
• 6:30 p.m. at Hadley Junior High School, 240 Hawthorne Blvd. Glen Ellyn

To ensure that the entire community has the opportunity for equal involvement, the Board has decided to take the approach of holding two community based focus groups that will be open to everyone instead of choosing interest-based community focus groups that would only represent a subset of the community. All District 41 community members are welcome to attend. Additional smaller Focus Groups will also be scheduled on February 21 for staff, administration, building administration, union leadership, and Board members.
More details will be provided soon.

February 27 - Community Superintendent Search Survey Results (Survey Closed on Feb. 18)

Click HERE to view the survey results.
Please note: It appears that some participants may have identified with a group that they do not fall within. For example, there were more participants that identified as Board members than there are actual Board members in District 41. This did not impact the usefulness of the survey as the responses were consistent related to the results of this survey as well as the themes that came out of the focus groups.

March 8 - Superintendent Search Update

Click here for the Superintendent Candidate Profile provided by BWP & Associates. Interviews with candidates continued through March 14. 

March - Interview Schedule

March 7 -- Review of candidate applications - 7:00 p.m. 
March 8 and 9 -- First round of candidate interviews - 3/8 5:00 p.m., 3/9 8:30 a.m.
March 12, 13,14 -- Final interviews - 5:30 p.m. all

March 19 - Special Board Meeting

At a Special Meeting on Tuesday, March 19 at 7:00 p.m., the Board of Education welcomed Dr. Melissa Kaczkowski as the next Superintendent of District 41. Dr. Kaczkowski will begin her role as Superintendent on July 1, 2019.

Superintendent Search Survey

As a first step to help inform the search process, the Glen Ellyn School District 41 Board of Education invited the community to complete a survey to assist with our current Superintendent Search. This survey was open through midnight Feb. 18, 2019.

Encuesta para la Búsqueda de un Superintendente

El Consejo Educativo de “Glen Ellyn School District 41” ha lanzado una búsqueda para un nuevo superintendente escolar y quiere saber lo que usted piensa. Por favor comparta sus ideas llenando la siguiente encuesta medianoche del 18 de febrero de 2019. Para participar, por favor clic aqui.