<div><div dir="auto">Please give serious attention to the message below regarding the search tie s new principal at the Kentucky School for the Blind.</div></div><div dir="auto">Cathy</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Monson, Martin</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:martin.monson@ksb.kyschools.us">martin.monson@ksb.kyschools.us</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 2:24 PM<br>Subject: [president] Letter attached.<br>To: <a href="mailto:president@nfbofky.org">president@nfbofky.org</a> <<a href="mailto:president@nfbofky.org">president@nfbofky.org</a>><br>CC: Stull, Kevin - KDE Division Director <<a href="mailto:kevin.stull@education.ky.gov">kevin.stull@education.ky.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">My name is Martin Monson, and I am the interim principal of the Kentucky School for the Blind. The school has begun the search process for finding the next principal. To
that end, we are asking community members to provide some input into the process. Would you be so kind as to forward the attached letter to your membership? In addition to the attached letter, I have pasted the content below in the event some of your members
don’t have access to Word.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thank you for your assistance!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Martin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">Dear NFB of Kentucky Member:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">The Kentucky School for the Blind is starting the search process for a new principal and wanted to get feedback from you. The first step in the process is determining what qualities and characteristics
you would like in a principal. We will take your feedback and combine it with feedback from other stakeholder groups to develop expectations as part of the job description when the job is posted.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">Please answer the following two questions. You can send your answers to
<u><span style="color:#0563c1"><a href="mailto:ksbprincipalsearch@ksb.kyschools.us" target="_blank">ksbprincipalsearch@ksb.kyschools.us</a></span></u> or you can call Linda Spigelmire at 502-897-1583 ext. 0206 or Beth Baker at 502-897-1583 ext. 7105 and give them your responses.<u></u><u></u></p>
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</a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%">Thank you for your time and assistance in helping KSB find its next principal!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Martin Monson, Ed.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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