You always have to wonder when the next shoe is going to drop with the Brookings School Board.
Recently we had the proposed $51 Million opt-out – which would have been the second largest op-out in state history – that was crushed at the ballot box.
Now, the same school board & superintendent that tried to bring the district a massive tax increase is apparently preparing to award one of their own with an employment contract:
Brookings School Board Agenda Review Page 051418 by Pat Powers on Scribd
This agenda has been sent out, but as of this writing has not been posted by the school board yet.
Please note item 9.0:
I actually did a double-take when I caught this item, because not only are they offering a teaching contract to current School Board member Jennifer Lacher-Starace, it had actually been on the consent calendar until someone pulled it off. Were they actually not planing on informing the public until it was all said and done?
How exactly does that work when a person subordinate to the School Board interviews that school board member for a job? South Dakota State Legislators are barred from being hired by the state while they’re in office. But not school board members?
This is symptomatic of why voters handed the existing school board president a defeat at the recent election, choosing not one, but two people above him.
They just don’t get it.
Good for you Pat for reading school board agendas!
Teacher shortage getting bad enough that school board members are having to tap in?
Do you know how many people applied for that job? If a person is a school board member, should that person be disqualified from that job? While I agree it can be problematic, the person who is taking the teaching position is resigning from the school board. When she does that, she will no longer be in a position of authority over the people who hired her. I guess my question is whether this person is the best qualified for the position. If so, then no problem.