BOE Seeks Public Input in Superintendent Search

The Babylon School Board is seeking input from residents regarding the search for a new district superintendent and has posted an online survey for parents and taxpayers to complete

“The Board of Education is interested in your input as it begins the process for hiring a new superintendent. This survey is designed to gather your views on the importance of various characteristics commonly found in effective superintendents,” states a letter to residents on the district’s website.

“The information will be considered by the Board as it determines the desired characteristics of our next superintendent,” states the notice.

Babylon's superintendent position has been open since the resignation of Dr. this past August. In March, Best-Laimit said she began considering retirement earlier in the year as she struggled to deal with her father’s illness.

The BOE is also hosting two community forums to get public input on the qualities and skills the public would like to have in a new school chief.

The forums, which will be led by the consulting firm of Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates, are slated for Wednesday, November 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Babylon Memorial Grade School cafeteria and Thursday, December 1, at 10 a.m. in Rowe Hall of the Babylon Junior-Senior High School.