Superintendent Ernest Garrett III
sitting behind his desk wearing a gray
suit with a light patterned shirt.
Greetings, the search process for the
Louisiana School for the Deaf
Director was launched on October 21st of 2019,
through an announcement by both
Louisiana's Special School District and
the contract search firm
known as Innivee Strategies.
A nationwide, aggressive
search and marketing effort for the
LSD Director
yielded hundreds of email
conversations and recommendations.  These
led to video and phone interviews with
prospective candidates in Deaf Education.
We are pleased to announce
the following three candidates for the LSD Director
position. Those three candidates are
Ann Curry, who possesses a Master's in Education.
Dr. Martin Keller Jr.,
who holds a Doctorate in Education and also
Dr. Heather Laine, who also holds
a Doctorate in Education. Originally, we had
hoped and planned to host
a town hall for the finalist candidates so that they
could share their vision
with the community.
Unfortunately, due to the
concerns regarding the spread
of the coronavirus, this is no longer possible
as you know the safety of our young
scholars and also the staff is of the
utmost importance.
Instead, a search committee has been
formed to screen the finalist candidates.
This committee consists of
the following individuals.
You should see
their name presented on the screen now.
 
 
Within the next two weeks
the search committee will develop the
questions and evaluate the candidates.
The biographical information for each
candidate can be found at the following
website:
Once we complete the interview with each candidate
we will create a video of their responses
and post it at this link.
We encourage the LSD Community
to provide comments for the search committee
to consider for their recommendation.
Forms can also be found at the following link.
I am very excited about the future
of the LSD through these highly qualified
candidates and look forward to participating
in the finalist process
with the community.
Thank you
#Educationwithoutlimits
Image depicts Louisiana Special School
District logo with text 100% in 100 % out.
Text under the fleur-de-list graphics reads
trust, compassion results.
Superintendent Ernest Garrett the III's
Twitter handle is at LA S U P T
and his email is SSD Communications@la.gov
