The Garden Valley School Division board is trying piece together a picture of what things might look like once Superintendent Vern Reimer retires at the end of June.

Even though it's only been a couple of months since Reimer publicly announced his retirement, the board was given a heads up about his plans to retire around a year ago and has been working on a succession plan since.

"The board has been working hard over the last year to get some key things in place," said Dyck. She said the board is very grateful to have had the extra notice to prepare. "It has given us a lot of prep time to get some things together because you don't hire a superintendent very frequently."

Board Chair Laurie Dyck said part of the process included giving principals a survey for each of their schools, along with further consultation with them, as well as the same type of conversations with parent advisory councils, and senior administration.

She said what was good to hear and encouraging, was no matter what group they spoke to they were hearing the same things about goals, and characteristics.

The board will be accepting resumes for the position until the start of January, with the interview process beginning at the end of January.