No new details emerged Tuesday night regarding what happens next for Virginia Beach Superintendent Aaron Spence, who announced he will be resigning to take over Loudoun County Public Schools in Northern Virginia.
Spence’s contract was discussed during Tuesday night’s meeting in a closed session. Though the board has not made a decision, board chair Trenace Riggs said the board was “on the same page” when it came to certain details such as the need for hiring a firm to help conduct the search.
More details could emerge during Monday’s meeting in which all board members are expected to be present, Riggs said. Board members Michael Callan and David Culpepper were not present Tuesday night.
For now, it is unclear when Spence will move. His contract with Virginia Beach requires him to give six months’ notice if he is to resign. However, the board can waive that.
Spence said earlier Tuesday that his goal is to make the transition “towards the end of the summer.” For now, he has a tentative start date in December, which would be the end of the six-month period if the board choses to not waive the notice requirement.
The Virginia Beach School Board will also need to determine whom to appoint as the interim superintendent and how to conduct the search for the next superintendent.
Spence will step into this new role on the heels of former Loudoun County superintendent Scott Ziegler, who was fired in December following the unsealing of a report by a special grand jury looking into how the division’s administration handled two sexual assaults by the same student.
According to a Loudoun County Public Schools spokesperson, Spence’s contract with the school division is “underway and has not been finalized.”
Kelsey Kendall, [email protected]
