The meeting page of the district website has been revamped. To get to an agenda you click on the date in the right hand panel. Or just click here for tomorrow's agenda.
Included on the agenda are:
Fiscal Restructuring/Enrollment Management – Mr. Stinson
A. Approval of Collective Bargaining Agreement with Decatur Education Association
B. Recall of Teachers
C. Elementary Attendance Areas
D. Armstrong Pavilion Recommendation
E. Location of DDA and DEC
F. Reduction of Other Staff
G. Mitchell Building Update
H. Savings to Date
It is not clear how many are action items, except A. The DEA, the Teachers Union, is presenting the new contract to its members this afternoon. I'll post the changes from the old contract here as soon as I can. As for the recall of teachers, it isn't clear if this is the official notice of the previous recall of the 13 teachers, which has not yet been voted on by the Board, or word of additional recalls afforded by any agreement with the DEA and the potential savings from subletting space in the Mitchell Building to the new Charter school revolving around aviation.
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Someone needs to address the issue of the grass not being cut....Has
anyone noticed behind the NEST, the
field behind Valley Mills and the DILC building. What a way to SAVE money....
Update on superintendent interviews in Baldwin County,
Alabama:
Baldwin County, Breaking News, Education »
Baldwin County school system superintendent interviews start Monday
By Guy Busby
May 09, 2010, 11:23AM
BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Interviews to fill the Baldwin County school superintendent job will be open to the public and are scheduled for Monday and Friday -- a change from the school board's earlier plans.
Following the two days of meetings, Board of Education members plan to decide Saturday on the top two or three finalists, officials said Friday.
Officials and BWP & Associates, the consultant firm hired to find the top candidates to lead the 27,000-student school system, had earlier announced that initial applicant interviews would be held in executive sessions over a three-day period.
Tracy Roberts, school board president, said the consulting firm that selected the six from about 40 applicants had recommended that interviews be done in a closed session, but the panel decided to open the meetings to the public.
Wilhite said that while the meetings are open to the public, audience members will not have a chance to question the board or candidates during the sessions.
He said the board had planned to hold public receptions for all candidates. The schedules of the applicants, however, who are from five different states, will not allow the receptions to take place, he said.
On Monday, two candidates will be interviewed at the Central Office Satellite in Loxley. The four other applicants will be interviewed Friday at the same location, according to a school system statement issued Friday.
The board is scheduled to then meet at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Loxley satellite offices to vote on the top two or three finalists, Terry Wilhite, school system spokesman, said.
The finalists will be interviewed by the board May 24 and 25 and a new superintendent is scheduled to be selected by June 1, Roberts said Friday. She said she hoped that the new superintendent can be in office by July 1, but the start date will depend on the candidate's work requirements at his or her current position.
The candidate selected will replace Faron Hollinger, who left the Baldwin County Public Schools system in December. Since then, JaNay Dawson has served as interim superintendent. Dawson has announced plans to retire this year. School officials said no Baldwin County school system employees applied for the position as permanent superintendent.
The new superintendent's salary and multi-year contract will be negotiated, board members said. Hollinger's salary was $147,125.
The interview schedule will be:
Monday
•5 p.m.: Beth Wright: superintendent, Florence County School District 3, Lake City, S.C.; system enrollment: 3,800; salary, $145,500; education specialist; Middle Tennessee State.
•7 p.m.: Roy "Cole" Pugh: superintendent, Eagle Mountain, Saginaw Independent School District, Fort Worth, Texas; system enrollment: 16,100; salary, $207,972; education doctorate, University of Houston.
Friday
•8 a.m.: Alan Lee: superintendent, Washington County Public Schools, Abingdon, Va.; system enrollment: 7,500; salary, $146,000; Ph.D., Washington State University.
•10 a.m.: Samuel DePaul: superintendent, Stanly County Schools, Albemarle, N.C.; system enrollment: 9,350; salary, $165,000; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh.
•1 p.m.: Joe Kelly: area superintendent; Katy Independent School District, Katy, Texas; system enrollment: 55,000; salary, $135,000; master's degree, Texas A & M.
•3 p.m.: Donald Stinson: superintendent, Municipal School District of Decatur Township, Indianapolis; system enrollment: 7,000; salary, $280,000; education specialist, Indiana University.
Some salary totals provided by candidates include benefits such as retirement compensation, while others did not, according to school officials.
Can you imagine what our district would be like with that level of openness? Wow! The things we could accomplish...
Did anyone ever find out the savings at the administrative level? They just can't seem to be open about their "savings"
I am sure Pat will find it out what the administrations contribution to the fiscal savings will be with her sifting of the public documents. Oh wait, I am sure it will become public knowledge soon enough. You must be a teacher since some of the ones that probably should be retired already keep asking that question instead of taking care of their business.
If the DEA had taken care of their piece of the pie over a month ago maybe none of the teachers that were rif'd would have been. But, they were more worried about what others were doing. The DEA unnecessarily put all those teachers through that nonsense by not taking the discussion to the teachers and working on a solution instead of being angry because this or that administrator is still there and until that is taken care of, we will not do our jobs.
Some of what they were mad about, I am too but you still have to be responsible in your dealings with the teachers and they have not. They have acted like spoiled children. Since there are so many "facts" being spouted on this blog, where do the salaries of teachers in Decatur Township line up against the rest of the school systems in the state. Are they way lower than the state median or are they in the higher region? Please tell me oh GREAT HEI. I can't wait, if you take the opportunity to look it up, you will see that they are some of the highest paid in the state. Quite a few of those teachers that get paid the most probably should retire because they can't hack it anymore but with a union, that is not going to happen and you can't fire them. However nothing is ever said about that here is it? How do you evaluate the teacher so that you keep the best ones. The real answer is you don't because no matter what you do, the union will not buy it and someone will feel that it is unfair to the tenured teachers. But, is it about the teachers or is it about educating the children. If you ask DEA, it is about the teacher. They pay lip service to children but, the primary function of a union is to protect it constituents. The children are not the constituents but the teachers are.
As with most businesses, personnel is one of the biggest pots of the money. I will grant you that the administration of MSD Decatur has been top heavy. How many doctors do you need in the administration but this is being taken care of. Chill out people.
anon 5:52 -- that's exactly what I thought when I read that. And anon 3:35 - thanks so much for posting the article.
anon 7:58 - its too hard to nail it down. They have pretend RIFed positions, like Baer's, when his replacement is sitting right there. They still have Candace Baer's position which will be vacated when she takes her new job elsewhere -- but that isn't among the RIFed positions.
HEI are you going to be at the
SBM?
"I am sure Pat will find it out what the administrations contribution to the fiscal savings will be with her sifting of the public documents. Oh wait, I am sure it will become public knowledge soon enough."
You have a problem with public knowledge of how taxes are spent? You must be part of the administration.
"You must be a teacher since some of the ones that probably should be retired already keep asking that question instead of taking care of their business."
You want to make people retire or not ask questions? You must be part of the administration.
"If the DEA had taken care of their piece of the pie over a month ago maybe none of the teachers that were rif'd would have been. But, they were more worried about what others were doing. The DEA unnecessarily put all those teachers through that nonsense by not taking the discussion to the teachers and working on a solution instead of being angry because this or that administrator is still there and until that is taken care of, we will not do our jobs."
You want the teachers to take cuts and not worry about the administration saying they're cutting a position due to retirement while they hire that person's replacement before they're gone? You must be part of the administration.
"Some of what they were mad about, I am too but you still have to be responsible in your dealings with the teachers and they have not. They have acted like spoiled children. Since there are so many "facts" being spouted on this blog, where do the salaries of teachers in Decatur Township line up against the rest of the school systems in the state. Are they way lower than the state median or are they in the higher region? Please tell me oh GREAT HEI. I can't wait, if you take the opportunity to look it up, you will see that they are some of the highest paid in the state."
You're worried about teacher salaries but want to ignore administrative salaries? You must be part of the administration.
"Quite a few of those teachers that get paid the most probably should retire because they can't hack it anymore but with a union, that is not going to happen and you can't fire them. However nothing is ever said about that here is it? How do you evaluate the teacher so that you keep the best ones. The real answer is you don't because no matter what you do, the union will not buy it and someone will feel that it is unfair to the tenured teachers. But, is it about the teachers or is it about educating the children. If you ask DEA, it is about the teacher. They pay lip service to children but, the primary function of a union is to protect it constituents. The children are not the constituents but the teachers are."
You want to blame the union for bad teachers when the administration won't bother to get out of their offices and go through the established process to get rid of a bad teacher? You must be part of the administration.
"As with most businesses, personnel is one of the biggest pots of the money. I will grant you that the administration of MSD Decatur has been top heavy. How many doctors do you need in the administration but this is being taken care of. Chill out people."
Just trust us. Oh yeah. You're definitely part of the administration. And you're no Yoda.
Cough cough troll cough.
"Yoda" sounds like Cathy Wiseman; she's nothing but a huge trouble maker.
Any information from tonight's board meeting????
anon 9:11 - I am hearing that the board voted unanimously on all items.
They voted unanimously on all items.
They are calling an additional 26 teachers back.
Don Huffman likes to hear himself talk. The meeting would be at least 1/2 hour to 45 minutes shorter if he would stop grand-standing.
The teacher's contract agreement contributed 3.2+ Million to the reduced budget.
thanks Yoda - I do appreciate it.
Any word on the redistricting?
Anon 10:00a.m.
The new boundaries are posted on the district website.
Looks like they motsly left West Newton alone.
anon 1:20 -- No, much of Heartland Crossing and old Camby north of Kentucky Avenue now go to the blue academy.
To May 11....6:08 am.....can not believe your post I also thought the previous was from the administration. recall letters were passes out today.
I express my 'thanks' to Pat Andrews for all her efforts, including research, time, effort, and communication. In addition, my 'thanks' go out to Natalie Coffey and Bobby Hire for running for school board. My question for the three incumbents would be: if you cannot sleep at night because of the turmoil, why would you run for office again?
Anonymous said...
Someone needs to address the issue of the grass not being cut....Has
anyone noticed behind the NEST, the
field behind Valley Mills and the DILC building. What a way to SAVE money....
May 10, 2010 3:04 PM
I like it. Looks more natural. Grass consumes carbon dioxide and produces oxygen. Nonrenewable resources not used to cut it. Could be harboring animals, bugs? Let's get goats.
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