Public fills room as District 833 School Board outlines Porter’s evaluation, hires superintendent search firm
January 27, 2012 at 3:01 am in South Washington County Bulletin
Some supporters of Superintendent Mark Porter were forced to stand as residents packed the District 833 School Board meeting room Thursday night to express anger about his firing. The turnout coincided with the board’s decision to hire a consultant at $18,500 to lead the search for Porter’s replacement, and a public summary of Porter’s performance evaluation. Continue Reading
I’m beginning to think that there are too many people in the public sector that forgot where the money comes from for their salaries. There is a racket going on with these consultant’s for job searches. If the board is supposedly smart enough to fire someone, I’d think they’d be smart enough to hire someone without spending $18,500+ of our dollars.
According to district performance data and public outcry, Mr. Porter should’ve never been fired in the first place.
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It sure would be nice if I could spend other people’s money to do my job for me!
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They can spend all they want on a search firm, but I question is we will be able to find any high caliber candidates who will want to work with our dysfunctional board….didn’t the board loose a candidate a few searches back because of comments that they made?
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