Search for new Carmel superintendent moving along

Carmel Board President Rita Patel reports on the Carmel Unified website that Leadership Associates, the firm that's conducting the superintendent's search, received 40 requests for applications and 28 completed applications were submitted.

Eleven of the applicants are women, 17 are men, and three are from out of California.

Trustees are expected to meet with consultants to review applications and select finalists on March 4.

Finalists are expected to be interviewed on March 13 and 14, and a site visit to the finalist would be scheduled soon after. A contract for a new superintendent would have to be approved at a regularly scheduled board meeting. A new superintendent is expected to begin July 1.