Portales schools begin superintendent evaluation process

A special meeting Wednesday by Portales Municipal Schools to evaluate first-year superintendent Sharon Rowley yielded no action.

But there was action approved to begin a discussion about updating district-wide evaluation standards and practices.

While it may not be of high priority now, it could be relevant for end-of-year surveys, officials said.

School Board Secretary Cade Standifer, who joined from Zoom, said the current evaluation standards are “weak.”

The scale is too wide-ranging and unclear, he and other members said.

To fix this, they wanted to establish metrics to evaluate goals more accurately. Instead of a number scale, they agreed to make it “met, not met and in-progress.”

There wasn’t enough time to make decisions beyond that on Wednesday.

“At our next board meeting that will be on the agenda for discussion,” said board member Dustin Cabeldue.