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May 21, 2014 11:40 AM UTC
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Correction: Republicans on the JeffCo School Board came up with one finalist. It sounds like the two Board members in the minority haven't been let in on a single step of this process.
This kind of secrecy shouldn't be possible. Let the two minority Board members lose every vote – but they should be able to vote at least knowing what they're voting on, and what actions are being taken on their behalf as members of the Board.
Further, if the Board majority is willing to vote on this because they already have the contract in hand and have seen the details of this $40,000 search – how is it that they know these things if they haven't met in a regular Board meeting?
Exactly
I declare, I think I detect signs of a recall. The question is how many of them will be targeted?
What really sticks about this is the unnecessary gamesmanship. As Phoenix points out, they are the majority, they are going to get what they want in the end anyway. But, they hide behind executive sessions (for personnel discoussions) so that they do not have to explain themselves. There is no doubt that there were several other candidates that would have been more appealing to the community at large (more experience actually running a same size or larger district, better credentials, i.e. phd, female, minority, not DougCo), but if they has announced some of those candidates as additional finalists, the community would have made it clear that McMinnimee was the community's last choice. If there is no one to compare him to, he cannnot suffer by comparison.
One other thing, $280,000 is a lot of money, but I sincerely doubt he would be taking this job if they are not guaranteeing several years pay as severance. He is stepping into a hornet's nest and he knows that he will have no job security. When the community finds out (after he is hired) that he has a golden parachute, there is going to be a lot more screaming.
It's worse than that, though, EW.
The two Board members in the minority are apparently not privvy to the details, at least according to one of those Board members. That's not Executive Session – excluding Board members is a violation of the way any School Board should operate.
Details are out. 5 years x 280k = 1.4 million over the contract term. He is going to be the superintendent for a while, or there is going to be an expensive buy out.
To be fair, the contract only calls for a 1 year buyout if unilateral from the board which is pretty common at that level.
You are correct.
ho hum. The minority members of the Denver Board of Eduction routinely complained about not receiving information and they were routiney attacked by the "progressives" on this blog…..but that was different, of course.
The time to protest is BEFORE elections not after……remember Wisconsin.
Elections have consequences.
The time to remain vigilant and be a watchdog is always.
Well, being human carries burdens, being omniscient isn't isn't one of them. We are what we are. Too bad …
But, then, we wouldn't be us. So, maybe, not so bad.
If you say so.
Juast curious. How many of the persons posting on this thread, thus far, actually live in Jeff Co? Like I said; it's a curiosity question.
Not I – but my wife works in the county, and I spend a lot of my time in JeffCo.
Not that it really matters. I don't live in the San Luis Valley, either, but I care about the state of their schools like I would (and should) care about children throughout the state, country, and world.
OK. So maybe JeffcoDemo does??