decided soon

22 information workshop.

Hunt said that because nonrenewal is one of the options, the board would need as much time as possible to resolve the matter before the 2023-24 school year.

“Mid-April, to me, feels very late to have the official vote,” she said.

Board member Colleen Conklin said scheduling the item for the April 4 workshop would give the board members adequate time to do their evaluations.

School Board attorney Kristy Gavin would then compile the evaluations for the April 4 discussion, Conklin said.

Board member Christy Chong said she would like the board to move on the issue. But, she added, “I don’t want anybody to feel rushed.”

Board member Will Furry agreed that a discussion on April 4 and a vote on April 28 gives the board members enough time.

Board Chair Cheryl Massaro reiterated that the three newest board members — Hunt, Chong and Furry — do not have enough data or background yet to make an informed decision on the superintendent’s future.

“I did my first evaluation two years ago. It’s not easy,” she said. “There’s a lot of pieces to the puzzle that need to be completed. I realize you claim you know everything, but I think there’s a lot of things, and that’s not necessarily true. We have to learn how to do this together, and we need to listen to each other.”

Conklin is the only School Board member to indicate how she will vote. At the Feb. 22 workshop she said she had no issues with Mittelstadt’s performance, and she hoped the superintendent would choose to remain in her position.

VOTER’S GUIDE COVER CONTEST

At a March 7 workshop, the School Board picked the winner of Flagler County’s Voter’s Guide cover design contest.

Supervisor of Elections

Kaiti Lenhart presented the board members with 70 submissions from students in graphic design classes at Flagler Palm Coast and Matanzas high schools.

Each board member had three stickers to put on their favorite designs. The design with the most stickers will become the cover on the upcoming Voter’s Guide. The winning student will be presented at the board’s March 28 meeting.

Lenhart said the teachers do a good job of incorporating the importance of voting into the assignment while teaching design.

Lenhart said FPC students have won the contest five years in a row. “So, it’s time for Matanzas to win,” she said. Lenhart did not reveal the winner’s name or school.