This is the 5th superintendent under Kids First in the past 5 years.....
Here is what is being said on Hoboken Patch about this appointment:
OOC July 17, 2014 at 11:05 PM
Update:
Tonight the BOE picked a retired suburban guy to be the interim
Superintendent. In true fashion, Kids First bypassed it's minority
assistant superintendent in favor of a non-minority to run a mostly
minority district. Here we go folks. The circus is about to add a new
clown.
BBG
July 18, 2014 at 01:29 PM
Happy to see my cohorts are trashing the BOE, I would have
made a better BOE member but I lost. I hope nobody figures out my new
name either, it should hide my identity well.
OOC
July 19, 2014 at 04:30 PM
In true Kids First "do as I say, not as I do" fashion,
they met behind closed doors on three separate occasions, totally
excluding any public input or discussion and selected a retired double
dipper to lead the Public Schools for two years. It's amazing how Kids
First can look the other way when it is to their advantage to skirt
their own self proclaimed "transparency". Was it the fact that they
hired someone who has absolutely no urban education experience that made
them want to avoid the public? Was it the fact that they wanted to hide
that the guy will be collecting a public pension and getting over
$600.00 a day from the taxpayers? Maybe it's the fact that the guy never
worked in an Abbott District? Or was it the fact that they bypassed a
minority assistant Superintendent in favor of a guy who never worked in a
District serving mostly minority students? Could it be that they just
want to hide the continued chaos they cause by promoting the constant
revolving door of Superintendents and Business Administrators?
Kids First sure does know how to operate behind closed doors while
pretending to be the real "Reformers". Seems to me that the
micromanagement of the District by Kids First keeps chasing away
superintendents and Business Administrators. Really, who wants to deal
with the chaos except maybe a guy who will now come close to doubling
his take from the public dole?
Good job, Kids First!!! Can't wait to see the next School Report Card
and QSAC results.
CH
July 20, 2014 at 05:45 PM
Outofcontrol,
Could you fill in some info? How many people applied for the interim
position? What were their names? What is the name the person they
selected? Did the current assistant apply for the position?
