So what gives? Why will one out of five principals be new to the job in the Charleston County School District this fall? Check out Tuesday's list at 12 New School Leaders Hired for yourself.
Statistics that would be of interest include how many resigned "for personal reasons," since "switching schools" within the district must have been instigated by the district itself. Also of interest would be the cost of "hiring bonuses" for those heading low-achieving schools.
Most Board members found their rubber stamps to validate the Superintendent's selections. What justified ignoring, as member Kandrac put it, "a bad reference," "an incomplete application," and the committee's top choice?
It couldn't be nepotism. Maybe it's politics.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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So much for candor and tranparency. Maurice Cannon was slipped in at the last minute. No public notice, just an executive action on Monday by the Superintendent. Sure no one on the board can be sure what McGinley is feeding them when she changes their agenda at whim. I can almost understand why they just go along. At least Ms. Kandrac has the courage to raise questions. Yes, why were three nominees presented by the Superintendent with incomplete credentials. Give her a D- for unprepared. But no, they gave her a raise last year instead.
Whatever happened to the investigation of the Burke Middle assistant principal who was accused of using degrading racial epithets to describe students at the school? When confronted with a written complaint filed by at least one student and a parent, the administration pressured them to withdraw their letters. I guess the administration wanted to keep his personnel file as clean as possible. Now we find McGinley is tossing her trash onto another school. McGinley uses 'no evidence' as a cover. Heck, she all but buried the evidence herself.
Contempt for students and the community isn't exactly a quality needed to be found in a middle school principal or any other educator either.
Actually you missed the boat, The principals all bailed following Ms Vashti Washington to Jasper County. First thing she did was appoint a ton of them to jobs there. That left a ton of slots open. Now a ton of asst principal slots open.
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I need your help. I'm working on a story which should outrage Dems and Reps alike; however, Diette at the P&C says it isn't a story yet. I have spent over 3 hours on research today which yielded nothing... Please tell me where I can find the application/acceptance/rejection stats for AMHS's 2010-2011 school year (broken down by grade, if possible). I can't talk to anyone on the phone, but please contact me at gdillon56@yahoo.com.
Any help is appreciated.
Good Luck, 8:37 PM. I hope you get the information you want but it's not likely they (CCSD) will give it up without a fight. Why stop at AMHS? The numbers for applications, rejections, acceptances and transfer requests for all schools should be of interest since the administration has closed and moved so many of them. They appear to want some schools to bleed to death while stacking the deck at others. It's a numbers game so we should be able to see the numbers. Don't let them play dumb or hide behide privacy rules like FERPA or whatever. Your question is about numbers not individual students. CCSD should understand that since numbers, not students, are what Charleston's public school leadership is all about.
I'm interested in what you find out.
Do I need to physically go to 75 Calhoun or AMHS to see the acceptance/rejection stats of AMHS? Must they release them? Can I remain anonymous? Must I file a FOIA request? I haven't lived here long, CCSD is so strange. And it's typically easy for me to find data sets online, but I get nothing!
I apologize for clogging up this board with my issue, but I need advice and I will share my informal complaint if you contact me at gdillon56@yahoo.com.
You may have to start with a FOIA request. That will document your initial request since the law is very specific about what has to happen once a public agency receives a written request. After that, the only teeth the law has depends on how far you want to push a complain for non-compliance or obfuscation in violation of the letter and spirit of the law. It can be done but CCSD will count on you giving up first.
Thank you. I'm researching the FOIA process now.
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