Kentucky Board of Education to Meet

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The Kentucky Board of Education will hold a special meeting Wednesday, July 8, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington. The meeting will begin at 7:15 a.m., and the board will enter into closed session immediately to interview the four candidates for the position of commissioner of education.

The four are:

· Dennis W. Cheek, Ph.D. – Cheek is currently senior fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri, a position he has held since May 2009.

Terry Holliday, Ph.D. – Holliday is currently superintendent of Iredell-Statesville Schools in Statesville, North Carolina, a position he has held since 2002.

· Catherine Cross Maple, Ph.D. – Maple is currently deputy cabinet secretary for the New Mexico Public Education Department, a position she has held since 2004.

· Michael Sentance – Sentance most recently was the Secretary’s Regional Representative at the U.S. Department of Education, a position he held from 2001 to January 2009.

A full agenda follows.

KENTUCKY BOARD OF EDUCATION
JULY 8, 2009

EMBASSY SUITES
1802 NEWTOWN PIKE
LEXINGTON, KY 40511


Wednesday, July 8, 2009

BUSINESS SESSION - FULL BOARD
7:15 a.m. - Adjournment (EDT)
(Note: The day's meeting includes a working breakfast and lunch.)

I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Interviews with candidates for the commissioner of education position (Closed session per KRS 61.810 (1)(f))
IV. Consideration of a possible motion to select the new commissioner of education, if necessary (Open session)
V. Adjournment

SOURCE: KDE press release