When will Atlanta’s school board pick a new superintendent? [Video]

The Atlanta Board of Education has extended the deadline for people to apply to become the next superintendent to May 17. 

The original deadline was in January. 

Erika Mitchell, the chair of the board, told FOX 5’s Rob DiRienzo in an exclusive TV interview Thursday that changes to the board and a breach of confidential information have slowed the process down.  

“Conversations that were happening around the candidates themselves, community members, and then board members, just to be honest,” Mitchell said. 

She didn’t say who disclosed what to whom, but she doesn’t see the delay as a bad thing.  

“You say, ‘Why it’s taking so long?’ Here’s my question, ‘Why rush it?’” Mitchell said.  

How long will it take to find a new APS superintendent?

Atlanta Public Schools’ search for a new superintendent could go into the next school year. 

However, she is confident they will have a final pick sometime in the Fall. 

“We want …