Vermilion Parish School Board to interview candidates for Superintendent tonight

The Vermilion Parish School Board has decided to take advice from its legal counsel and interview the three candidates for the superintendent position.
Attorney Bob Hammonds told the school board members that interviewing the candidates is common and that he recommends it take place.
The board members voted 8-0 to conduct the interviews.
The school board also agreed to conduct the interviews in public. The interviews will take place Monday, starting at 6 p.m. in the school board meeting room.
The three men who applied for the job all work in the Vermilion Parish School System - interim superintendent Brad Prudhomme, assistant superintendent Paul Hebert, and North Vermilion High School principal Tommy Byler are seeking the position.
Hammonds recommended the board members come up with two questions to ask the candidates.
“You want to see how they will handle themselves in front of a crowd,” said Hammonds.
School Board member Dale Stelly said interviews for the superintendent have been done behind closed doors in the past.
“Maybe I am old school, but the interviews should be done in executive session,” said Stelly.
Hammonds then recommended each board member ask each candidate one question, but it will be the same question.
Example: “Why do you want to be the superintendent?” If that is board member Kristy Hebert’s one question, she will ask all three that same question.
Each candidate will have 10 minutes for an opening statement and then 25 minutes to answer the board members’ questions. At the end, the candidate will have eight minutes for a closing statement. The process will take anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to interview each candidate, Hammonds said.
There is also a chance the board could go into executive session to ask each candidate private questions during the interviews.
Based on the math, after each candidate is interviewed, it could be 9 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. before the process is completed.
The school board will meet Tuesday night to hear public comments and then vote on who they want as the next superintendent.