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Two candidates for the position of superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools are participating in a community forum on Wed., Dec. 16, introducing themselves to the public as they vie for the top spot in the district.

The BLPS Board of Directors announced the names of the finalists Dec. 14. They include Dr. Kristina Bellamy, who currently serves as Director of K-12 Teaching and Learning at the Anchorage School District in Alaska, and Dr. Steven Cook, who is Superintendent at the Coeur d’Alene School District in Idaho.

BLPS’ community forum will be streamed on the district’s Vimeo and Facebook pages starting at 5 pm on Dec. 16. More information on the two candidates is available at the district’s Superintendent Search page. 

This article appears in Dec 9, 2020 – Jan 13, 2021.

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Superintendent Search Down to Two Candidates

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 16, 2020

<h1>Superintendent Search Down to Two Candidates</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 16, 2020</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">T</span>wo candidates for the position of superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools are participating in a community forum on Wed., Dec. 16, introducing themselves to the public as they vie for the top spot in the district.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/unknown.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/unknown.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-43959" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Bend-La Pine Schools' district headquarters, located in the former Bend High School building in downtown Bend.</figcaption></figure> <p> The BLPS Board of Directors announced the names of the finalists Dec. 14. They include Dr. Kristina Bellamy, who currently serves as Director of K-12 Teaching and Learning at the Anchorage School District in Alaska, and Dr. Steven Cook, who is Superintendent at the Coeur d’Alene School District in Idaho.</p> <p>BLPS’ community forum will be streamed on the district’s <a href="https://vimeo.com/bendlapineschools" target="_blank">Vimeo</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BendLaPineSchools" target="_blank">Facebook</a> pages starting at 5 pm on Dec. 16. More information on the two candidates is available at the district's <a href="https://www.bend.k12.or.us/district/home/superintendent-search" target="_blank">Superintendent Search</a> page.&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/superintendent-search-down-to-two-candidates-13788244/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=43955&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/superintendent-search-down-to-two-candidates-13788244/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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