A Chicago-based firm with extensive experience in helping school districts from Maine to Madison, Wisc., find transformational leaders will guide Covington Independent Schools’ national search for a new superintendent.

The Covington Board of Education voted 5-0 on Thursday evening to hire Alma Advisory Group, a minority woman-owned education consulting and executive search firm that lists “authentic engagement with the community” as one of its core strengths. Alma’s hire kicks off a strategic, rigorous, and transparent search process that will feature multiple opportunities for the public to get involved, beginning in October.

Board Chairman Tom Haggard said the Board received seven proposals from around the country and interviewed five firms before selecting Alma as a partner in the Sup

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