The Bellevue School Board is expected to name a new superintendent at 6 p.m. Sunday, March 22.

The board will meet in executive session at 5 p.m. to discuss the qualifications of the candidates for the position of Superintendent.

That meeting will be followed with a public session at 6 p.m. to discuss and determine which candidate to extend a contract offer and authorize the initiation of negotiations of a contract.

The meetings will be held in the Rainier Room of the Wilburton Instructional Service Center, 12241 Main St.

The school district has named three finalists for the position. Each candidate visited the district for a day, touring the district and meeting with staff and the public. The candidates were asked a series of 14 questions covering the areas of common curriculum, leadership style, the achievement gap and others. The questions were gathered from input given by the Bellevue Schools Foundation, staff meetings, and the PTA. All three superintendent candidates were given the opportunity to answer the same 14 questions during the public forums.

The finalists are:

Amalia Cudeiro, a senior partner at Targeted Leadership Consulting. Dr. Cudeiro is presently a Senior Partner at Targeted Leadership Consulting. She has been Adjunct Lecturer at Harvard University Urban Superintendents Program, Deputy Superintendent for the Boston Public Schools, and Principal at both the Santa Monica Unified School District and the Baldwin Park Unified School District, in California. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Cudeiro will visit the Bellevue School District on Friday, March 20.

Susan Enfield, the deputy superintendent of the Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, Wash. She has been the Director of the Office of Teaching and Learning for the Portland Public Schools, and Bureau Director of Teaching and Learning Support for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. She received her Ph.D. from the Urban Superintendents Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Dr. Enfield will visit the Bellevue School District on Wednesday, March 18.

Stephen Fink, in charge of the University of Washington’s Center for Educational Leadership. Dr. Fink served as the Assistant Superintendent, Director of Special Programs, and Executive Director for Student Services for the Edmonds School District. He also served as a principal at the Idaho State School for the Deaf and Blind. He received his Ph.D. from Brigham Young University. Dr. Fink will visit the Bellevue School District on Thursday, March 19.

The district’s former superintendent, Mike Riley, led Bellevue for 11 years and left in November 2007 for a job with the College Board in Virginia. Less than a year later, he died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 58. The Bellevue School District appointed Karen Clark as the Interim Superintendent in December 2007.