Waiting for my invite

The Midland Independent School District, according to education reporter Ruth Campbell, is putting together focus groups to discuss the characteristics they would like to see in the next school chief.
According to the school district's Woodrow Bailey, it will be a couple days before the list of Midland citizens asked to participate will be finalized.
According to an earlier story, this group would be a cross-section of opinion-makers, teachers, administrators, parents, people who don't have kids in school, taxpayers, businesspeople and even critics. When I read this I thought I my invitation was in the mail. I am, after all, a taxpayer.
We do wish the ISD and the board all the best in putting the list together. In my opinion, the selection of this group (and not the pick of the Moses search firm which we did endorse) could be the most important part of the superintendent selection process. We have written here earlier that the process demands real community input. And yes that does mean the inclusion of the critic, the person who's pulled his or her children from MISD to attend an alternative school and teachers who have flocked to other schools and other school districts.
We expect when MISD makes the list of opinion-makers, teachers, etc. public all groups will be represented. We expect each and every person will be taken seriously. MISD says that will happen, and that makes us happy. The process deserves it.

Here is Ruth Campbell's story from Monday night.