The Bainbridge Island School Board has narrowed its focus down to two executive search firms out of four, according to Board President Mev Hoberg.

Bainbridge school officials are hoping to hire a consultant company to help find the search for a new district superintendent. Bainbridge Superintendent Faith Chapel announced her retirement, effective at the end of the school year, in late 2015.

Hoberg said the board picked its top two at a special meeting Dec. 17 at the library.

At that meeting, the search firms — Ray and Associates, Atlantic Research Partners, Hazzard, Young & Attea, and McPherson & Jacobson — gave presentations to the board.