How’s the new school superintendent doing on the job?

After flipping through a notebook of sample superintendent evaluations from seven school divisions statewide, the Culpeper County Public Schools Administration Committee agreed on a recommendation to present to the School Board.

The committee chose examples from two school divisions with a few modifications.

The three-member committee — Rusty Jenkins, Anne Luckinbill and Elizabeth Hutchins — spent about 30 minutes discussing options during Tuesday’s meeting.

CCPS Superintendent Bobbi Johnson — who made a few suggestions of her own during Tuesday’s meeting — will receive her six-month evaluation in January.

Luckinbill, who favors the Fredericksburg City Public Schools version for its simplicity, suggested adding a statement regarding finance.

The group also agreed on recommending Hopewell City Public Schools, but with some changes to the rating scale.

“I really like this budget thing from Hopewell,” Luckinbill said. “My question is could we take this budget section and also add it to Fredericksburg. I like Fredericksburg, but it’s weak in budget.”

The committee also agreed on suggesting the words “strongly agree, agree, strongly disagree and disagree” on the evaluation’s rating scale rather than using “exceeds requirements, meets requirements, or does not meet requirements.”

Hutchins suggested adding the words “not enough evidence to evaluate or unable to evaluate at this time” to the evaluation tool.

Luckinbill disagreed.

“I think that offers an option not to evaluate,” said Luckinbill.

Without that option, Hutchins said, it could “force a negative answer that would not be necessary.”

The Virginia Department of Education requires the board to evaluate the superintendent on five specific categories: Planning and assessment, safety and organizational management for learning, instructional leadership, communication and community relations and professionalism.

The committee discussed presenting its recommendation to the seven-member board during the next work session on Monday.

The CCPS School Board makes the final decision regarding the superintendent’s evaluation.

She began her duties in Culpeper on July 1.