Farce: An empty or patently ridiculous act, proceeding, or situation. (Merriam-Webster on-line)
Having proven time and again his complete slavishness to the Charleston County Schools Superintendent, Chris Fraser, chair of the CCSD Board of Trustees, is creating a spreadsheet to "average" the rankings given to McGinley by the Board members. Never mind that her receiving an overall standard high enough to get another $25, 000 bonus already is guaranteed by the way McGinley herself designed the performance evaluation.
Who's watching Fraser? Should we question his objectivity since he avidly supports the superintendent?
Or should we simply assume that the Superintendent controls the Board and not the other way around? A casual viewer of Board meetings just might draw that conclusion when he or she sees McGinley sitting next to the Board Chair at the public meetings--and hears her call sotto voce for the vote when members are raising questions.
Not a bad deal, really, for someone who controls one of the biggest employers in the county and makes more than the governor or any other state official. Writes her own evaluations. Dictates publicity to the news reporters. Raises her own salary.
Crony capitalism, indeed.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
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Looks like the pendulum has completely swung the other way from when most of us decried the daily tinkering of John Graham Altman. Instead of the board micro-managing the school district, the superintendent is now completely in charge. She's even driving the board. Board meetings are just for show. Chris Fraser certainly isn't in doing anything on his own. As the chairman he’s not even running board meetings.
You pegged this one exactly right.
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