HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson School Board has scheduled a series of meetings to gain input on the qualities of a new superintendent.

The board wants to hire a new superintendent for the 2019-20 school year in January. As part of the process, the board is gathering information on attributes wanted by the community in their next superintendent.

Gary Price has served the past two years as interim superintendent.

The face-to-face meetings with staff from the Kansas Association of School Boards, which has been hired to do the search, will be on Nov. 8 from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Another meeting will take place Nov. 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.

All the public community meetings will be in the Hutchinson Career and Technical Education Academy, which is on the northwest side of the Hutchinson High School campus at 800 15th Circle.

KASB staff will also meet with different groups of staff and community leaders during the two days. Additionally, KASB will be doing an online survey, which will be open in November. A link to the survey will be posted on the district website, www.usd308.com, and on the district’s Twitter and Facebook feeds. Staff and parents with valid email addresses on file will get information on the link.

At the board’s Nov. 26 regular meeting at 6 p.m. in the Administration Center, members will prioritize the superintendent characteristics based on community and staff input.