Many, many people are shocked and not happy that Dr. Butler is now back in his office. Here are some of the comments that people have sent to me that they wish to remain anonymous on:
Dear Blogmaster Henly,
I also was excited about the obvious change of direction hiring Dr.
Leary seems to promise. His presentation at the last board meeting
showed considerable thought as well as a willingness to disturb the
comfort zones of complacent board members, district leaders, and
community members. I left feeling very positive and upbeat about his
arrival.
Why then is my comfort zone suddenly upended? Simply put - I cannot
understand why the board has brought back Gregg Butler. The
overworked cliché of “the fox in the henhouse” keeps coming to mind.
Are there board members who want the status quo until it drowns us?
Or is Dr. Leary willing to look at what past leadership did to the
district to try and right the ship before bringing an entirely new,
out-of-district, skipper onboard to guide the ECASD on its new course?
I certainly hope it is the latter as bringing part of the original
problem back into a decision-making, leadership role strikes me as
much worse than two steps backward. And moving backward is not
something we can afford to do! Thank you.
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I am actually sick to my stomach that they have hired GB back . . . .and he will slide right into the Sup job next year . . .. how absolutely pathetic.
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And discouraging news about the deputy sup, but how about that buried quote at the bottom: "I've been gone seven weeks, but it feels like only a weekend"? Hah.
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Showing posts with label Interim Deputy Superintendent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interim Deputy Superintendent. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The Cat in the Hat is Back!
In another wild and inexplicable turn of events at the ECASD we have Deputy Gregg back in his office (that he had just vacated a few weeks earlier!) Did anybody else notice his comment in the LT that "I was gone seven weeks, but it feels like I've only been gone one long weekend."
Excuse me? According to my recollection Gregg resigned in April to be effective at the end of May. Then he applied for the Interim Superintendent job (make sure you read the posting about Dr. James Leary to get an idea of Butler's "application" for the job). The BOE met and interviewed candidates on June 25th and decided to hire Leary. Butler was still fully entrenched and working in his office at that date. So his comment about 7 weeks is either really bad math skills or outright delusion. Isn't Honesty one of the Core Values of the ECASD?
By my calculations he was supposed to retire at the end of May but he "forgot" to:
1.) have a going away party,
2.) be recognized and get his farewell plaque at his "final" BOE meeting,
3.) turn in his keys, ID badge and other district-issued items,
4.) pack up his things and move out of his office,
5.) stop meeting with other ECASD personnel, in ECASD buildings and discussing ECASD business and accessing ECASD files and information!
Does the ECASD not have a policy about retired employees and procedures that are followed when one ends employment in the district? Are retired teachers allowed to come and go in buildings and access district information as they please after retirement? Another crazy, sloppy, mis-managed scenario that makes those of us watching wonder who is making decisions and what is the quality of those decisions.
Did Klaus happen to notice that 3 weeks after Gregg "retired" that he was still coming to work? Their offices are right next to each other's. Did he say anything? Did Gregg and Bill just continue to meet and work together? Another ECASD mystery.
Needless to say, I have gotten LOTS of e-mails about this and will post them separately.
FYI: Compensation for Butler is as follows:
The Board will compensate Dr. Butler $2,750 per week for the term of his contract this year as Interim Deputy Superintendent. He has a 49 week contract and the annual equivalent of this would be 52 weeks for $143,000. The only
additional cost will be the Board's required share of social security which would be an additional $156 per week. There are no board contributions for retirement, dental, health, life, long-term disability insurance, or annuities.
For 2006-07, Dr. Butler's total salary and benefits totaled $163,384.
Excuse me? According to my recollection Gregg resigned in April to be effective at the end of May. Then he applied for the Interim Superintendent job (make sure you read the posting about Dr. James Leary to get an idea of Butler's "application" for the job). The BOE met and interviewed candidates on June 25th and decided to hire Leary. Butler was still fully entrenched and working in his office at that date. So his comment about 7 weeks is either really bad math skills or outright delusion. Isn't Honesty one of the Core Values of the ECASD?
By my calculations he was supposed to retire at the end of May but he "forgot" to:
1.) have a going away party,
2.) be recognized and get his farewell plaque at his "final" BOE meeting,
3.) turn in his keys, ID badge and other district-issued items,
4.) pack up his things and move out of his office,
5.) stop meeting with other ECASD personnel, in ECASD buildings and discussing ECASD business and accessing ECASD files and information!
Does the ECASD not have a policy about retired employees and procedures that are followed when one ends employment in the district? Are retired teachers allowed to come and go in buildings and access district information as they please after retirement? Another crazy, sloppy, mis-managed scenario that makes those of us watching wonder who is making decisions and what is the quality of those decisions.
Did Klaus happen to notice that 3 weeks after Gregg "retired" that he was still coming to work? Their offices are right next to each other's. Did he say anything? Did Gregg and Bill just continue to meet and work together? Another ECASD mystery.
Needless to say, I have gotten LOTS of e-mails about this and will post them separately.
FYI: Compensation for Butler is as follows:
The Board will compensate Dr. Butler $2,750 per week for the term of his contract this year as Interim Deputy Superintendent. He has a 49 week contract and the annual equivalent of this would be 52 weeks for $143,000. The only
additional cost will be the Board's required share of social security which would be an additional $156 per week. There are no board contributions for retirement, dental, health, life, long-term disability insurance, or annuities.
For 2006-07, Dr. Butler's total salary and benefits totaled $163,384.
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