T he Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board has selected McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C., a national superintendent search firm, to aid the district in their hunt for a new superintendent.

The board unanimously approves the Nebraska-based firm to find candidates for the position that Dr. Shane McCord will retire from at the end of the current school year.

McCord has been in the district’s top administrative post since 2017.

Since McCord announced his retirement in May, the board has held several closed-door executive sessions to discuss the superintendent search.

According to the firm’s website, McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C. “has been conducting national searches for boards of education since 1991”.

The website also notes that the firm has helped recruit and place over 1,100 superintende

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