The search for a permanent superintendent for city schools is moving from a discussion and input phase to reviewing applications. The search committee has held several public input meetings with parents, teachers, business leaders, clergy, higher education representatives, and community groups. | The meetings were designed to build consensus around what combination of experience and skills are needed in the next superintendent. The ability to collaborate with a diverse community of students, parents, and teachers was one of the committee's biggest concerns. Another was dramatically raising the standards of what's expected of students. | The committee is now focused on developing the questions that applicants should be asked. In a recent meeting, committee members wondered aloud how they'd get all their questions in during a roughly two-hour interview. Each committee member said they have dozens of questions for the candidates, and the school board is creating a place on its web site, www.rcsdk12.org, for the general public to add questions. | Candidates interested in the position have until the end of the month to apply. The committee is planning to review the applications in March so that interviews can be scheduled.