Richmond's School Board yesterday held the last of four meetings asking city residents what they want to see in a superintendent -- and again drew only a small group.

About two dozen people showed up at Linwood Holton Elementary School for the session.

"We need someone who is very top notch," Tammy Williams, a parent from South Richmond, told the board. "We need someone who can concentrate on the entire system."

Parents said they want a superintendent who will clean up what they described as financial mismanagement and who will focus on student achievement, attracting students to the schools and helping principals.

The School Board plans to forward public comments to a 15-person search committee.

The current superintendent, Deborah Jewell-Sherman, plans to step down by June 2009.