Look out world!
The Charleston County Schools Superintendent has discovered that social media make effective propaganda. Now you can learn about CCSD's 100 percent success rate through interfaces such as Facebook and Twitter.
Step aside, P&C.
Or perhaps consider reporting aspects other than McGinley's press releases. People might even buy the paper.
Monday, February 21, 2011
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Don't expect this to be a two way means of communication. CCSD on FB is just another place to post more one way spin for Nancy McGinley's regime. So far, there is no place for public dialogue on CCSD, certainly not on-line, and never in a public forum hosted by McGinley or her minions.
Oddly this also seems to fit under the same head... Superintendent Discovers Something Through Online Media.
Out in Seattle, our dear Maria Goodloe-Johnson is discovering the true opinions of thousands of irate parents who are using the medium of the reader comment sections underneath Seattle Times articles. Several of the articles in the past few days have each accumulated hundreds of public comments.
It is absolutely fascinating. This afternoon, the Seattle Times itself called for her resignation.
-bobby
Seattle school Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson should resign
The Seattle Times Editorial Board says it is time for the superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools, Maria Goodloe-Johnson, to go.
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THE emerging details of the financial scandal at the Seattle Public Schools suggest one conclusion: Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson should resign. If she doesn't, the board should fire her.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2014334398_edit27goodloe.html
Insert "Dr. Nancy McGinley" for "Dr. Goodloe", and read. Young McGinley was trained well.
"IN the nearly four-year tenure of Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson, this page has been a fan, a defender, a critic, even an apologist.
We saw qualities in the superintendent that could help her survive and thrive in a setting that chews up and spits out schools chiefs in an average of 18 months.
We bet on her steely resolve to pull Seattle Public Schools from the seesaw of competing constituencies toward systemic culture change.
We like some of the results of her tenure, including more high school college-prep classes, more college-bound students and the transparency offered by new districtwide report cards.
But the good cannot outweigh the bad. In all honesty, the scales have been tipping in the wrong direction for some time.
The biggest and most painful changes for district families, closing schools and implementing a new assignment plan were handled clumsily and without care of the emotional upheaval.
The School Board undoubtedly finds itself at similar crossroads as it prepares Wednesday to decide the superintendent's fate. The only options are her resignation or dismissal.
Goodloe-Johnson has a tin ear and abysmal communication skills. Even when she was right — for example, closing several small and struggling schools — the perception that she had blundered was louder and clearer than her own voice.
She misled the School Board and the public about the state of college-readiness among students. Racial and socio-economic disparities driving education reform are appalling enough; Goodloe-Johnson did not have to use incorrect statistics.
Goodloe-Johnson garnered praise for bringing in fresh, top-level staff. The fact that several layers of administrators knew an employee was abusing the district's small-business opportunity program shows the praise was premature.
Two years ago, this page joined many voices in urging her to return a performance bonus until she could earn it.
In view of the 18-month national average shelf life of a superintendent, Goodloe-Johnson survived longer than we thought she would."
Editorial from the Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2014368171_edit02supe.html
Too many Charleston power brokers are unwilling to step up to the plate or even comment on the sad state of affairs within the Charleston County School District for fear of being called a racist. The battle for even a marginal school is lost without a wimper.
Board prepares to oust Seattle schools superintendent
After meeting for four hours behind closed doors, the Seattle School Board issued a statement Tuesday night saying it will consider on Wednesday whether to terminate the employment contracts of Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and Chief Financial and Operating Officer Don Kennedy.
By Linda Shaw
Seattle Times education reporter
ERIKA SCHULTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMES
MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Maria Goodloe-Johnson's future as superintendent was still in limbo Tuesday night.
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Agenda: The board discusses the status of Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson.
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday
Where: First-floor auditorium, John Stanford Center, 2445 Third Ave. S.
After meeting for four hours behind closed doors, the Seattle School Board issued a statement Tuesday night saying it will consider on Wednesday whether to terminate the employment contracts of Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson and Chief Financial and Operating Officer Don Kennedy.
The board also will vote on a motion concerning the possible appointment of Chief Academic Officer Susan Enfield as interim superintendent.
The financial scandal triggered by a recent state audit "demands swift and decisive action by the board," said Steve Sundquist, School Board president.
The Tuesday session marked the first time board members have met since the state Auditor's Office released a report showing that the district's small-business contracting program gave out lucrative contracts with little or no public benefit.
The district lost about $280,000, according to the audit, and about $1.5 million in spending was considered a questionable use of public funds.
Board members reviewed the results of that audit, plus a special report they commissioned from an independent investigator, Seattle attorney Patricia Eakes.
Goodloe-Johnson did not attend the meeting and did not return phone calls for comment. She reportedly is out of town attending to her mother.
The state audit, released last week, painted a picture of a schools' program run amok. The small-business program was headed by Silas W. Potter Jr. and his supervisor, former executive director of facilities Fred Stephens.
Potter left the district in June. State auditors were unable to locate him for questioning. The Seattle Times has since learned that he is living in Tampa, Fla.
Board members, along with the district's general counsel, also took their concerns to King County prosecutors, where an investigation is under way.
The Eakes report concluded that Goodloe-Johnson knew enough about problems in Potter's program that they should have acted. Eakes also faulted Stephens, Potter's supervisor. Stephens now works for Commerce Secretary Gary Locke in Washington, D.C.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014369056_schoolboard02m.html
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