Well, the president of the school board got what she wanted for Christmas. John McEwan quit. It is perhaps the sickest exercise of poor leadership you can imagine in local school board politics. Not only did they fail to retain his services for even 2 years… They agree to pay him for 6 months of administrative leave. For him, this means that he will make about $100,000 for sitting on his butt and doing nothing for the district. At least reassign him to be a custodian.
The entire school board should be ashamed of themselves. They should impeach the board president. At the next public meeting, no discussion took place about the matter. They nickel and dime about little projects and then throw money at someone to make them go away. Shame on them. They have treated that man inhumanely since before he arrived. It was a losing situation from day one.
Why won’t they simply admit that they fired him? If he was willing to work for the rest of the school year, why else would they put him on leave like this? Their inability to deal with reality will be reflected in their future inability to hire a qualified replacement.
Last nights meetings was disgusting. Each board member proved that they are unqualified to address issues head on. Shame on them.
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