The Norfolk School Committee will hold a public hearing on the future model of educational leadership for the district. The hearing will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3 in Room 124 of Norfolk Town Hall. The Norfolk School Committee This will be a public discussion at which staff, parents, and resi­dents will be encouraged to provide their ideas on the next steps for our district. The Norfolk School Committee and the King Philip School Committee voted during the first week of January to pursue discussions of shared services, including the positions of Superinten­dent and Assistant Superintendent of Schools. The Norfolk Superintendent, Mr. Don LeClerc, subsequently tendered his resignation effective July 1, 2010.

The Norfolk School Committee has several op­tions: • We could try to work out the details of a shared services agreement with the King Philip Regional School Committee on a shorter time line than originally anticipated, so that it goes into ef­fect on July 1, 2010. • We could seek an interim Superintendent for the Norfolk elementary district so that we have time for more exploration of the King Philip op­tion, with the goal of executing a shared services agreement to begin July 1, 2011. That was the orig­inal time line envisioned by the Shared Services Committee.

• We could opt to conduct a search for a new Norfolk elementary district superintendent for a full contract term of three years or more, in a model similar to our current educational leader­ship structure. • We could develop some combination of these options, or something substantially new.

Please join us in this discussion.