REPORTING LIVE FOR US ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT. THANKS, ALEXIS. AFTER THE TWO FINALISTS FOR J-C-P-S SUPERINTENDENT WERE ANNOUNCED. WE WANTED TO GET MORE FACTS ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS. NEXT WEEK, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET BEN SCHULDINER AND DOCTOR BRIAN YEARWOOD. BUT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF REACTION TO THESE SELECTIONS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW MANY CANDIDATES WERE CONSIDERED. MADISON ELLIOTT IS LIVE AT THE VANHOOSE EDUCATION CENTER WITH WHAT SHE맥스카지노�S LEARNING. MADISON. WE FILED AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST LAST WEEK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SELECTION PROCESS, AND WE JUST GOT THOSE DOCUMENTS BACK TODAY. HERE맥스카지노�S WHAT WE LEARNED SO FAR. ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS WE WANTED TO KNOW. WERE THERE ANY INTERNAL CANDIDATES? WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE FOUR WHO APPLIED FOR THE POSITION. HOWEVER, NONE OF THEM WERE INTERVIEWED DURING THE PROCESS. WE ALSO LEARNED THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 34 APPLICANTS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT POSITION. OF THOSE, SIX WERE ACTUALLY INTERVIEWED. WE ALSO ASKED FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF ALL APPLICANTS AND INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES. OF THE 34 APPLICANTS, 24 ARE MEN AND TEN ARE WOMEN. J-C-P-S TOLD US IT DID NOT COLLECT DATA REGARDING RACE OR ETHNICITY. LOOKING AT THE SIX CANDIDATES WHO WERE INTERVIEWED, ONE WOMAN AND FIVE MEN. WE ALSO ASKED FOR ANY DOCUMENTATION USED TO GUIDE THE SEARCH FROM EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, POSITION REQUIREMENTS, GOALS DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS AND MORE. BUT WE맥스카지노�RE TOLD THAT THEY WON맥스카지노�T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE GUIDELINES OR THESE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE THE INTERVIEW PROCESS IS STILL PENDING. SO, VICKIE, WE ANTICIPATE GETTING THOSE ONCE THIS PROCESS IS WRAPPED UP AT A LATER DATE. VICKIE. ALL RIGHT. MADISON. ELLIOTT REPORTING LIVE FOR US. NOW, JUST A QUICK RECAP OF THESE TWO FINALISTS. BEN SCHULDINER IS THE CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LANSING SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN. THE DISTRICT HAS JUST OVER 10,000 STUDENTS IN 25 SCHOOLS. DOCTOR BRIAN YEARWOOD WAS SUPERINTENDENT AT COLUMBIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN MISSOURI, A DISTRICT WITH 32 SCHOOLS, AND AROUND 18,000 STUDENTS. HE HAD THREE YEARS LEFT ON HIS CONTRACT BEFORE RETIRING IN 2024. LOCAL REPORTS STATE THAT YEARWOOD WAS TO RECEIVE MORE THAN $667,000 IN A SEPARATION AGREEMENT, AND AS WE MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE TWO PUBLIC FORUMS WITH THE FINALISTS. BOTH WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY. THE FIRST SESSION IS FROM FOUR UNTIL SIX AT THE JC CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON ATKINSON SQUARE. IT WILL ALSO BE STREAMED LIVE ON YOUTUBE. THE OTHER FORUM WILL BE THAT NI