FUESD board wants new superintendent by July 1

Rick Monroe

Special to the Village News

The process for selecting a new superintendent for the Fallbrook Union Elementary School District is beginning. Following board direction at its Feb. 6 meeting, Interim Superintendent Cindi Martin selected two search firms to make presentations at its Feb. 27 meeting.

The board will likely decide between those companies – McPherson & Jacobson and Leadership Associates – at its March 13 meeting.

The former superintendent, Dr. Candace Singh, resigned in November. Suzanne Lundin, then board president, explained the board made a nearly $400,000 settlement wi...