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The Bloomington School Board has selected two finalists to interview for the school district’s superintendent vacancy. The finalists were chosen from a pool of seven applicants and selected based on hiring criteria established by the Board, and feedback from 1,077 stakeholder survey responses.

The interviewees are:

• Dr. Brian Zambreno, Associate Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools
• Dr. Eric Melbye, Associate Superintendent, Anoka-Hennepin Public Schools

The school board has scheduled interviews for the finalists beginning at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5. A representative group of stakeholders - employees, parents, students and community leaders - will also meet with the finalists on Tuesday, May 4 to provide input to the school board to help inform the board’s hiring decision.

All finalist interviews with the school board will be conducted via Google Meet and live streamed by .

Superintendent Les Fujitake announced in March that he would not seek an extension of his current three-year contract, which expires June 30, 2021.