Final Board Evaluation Meeting
The Board met briefly last night to finalize the language for the narrative summary of the Board evaluation. It was a Kumbaya moment. For a minute there I thought they might actually all join together in song as they declared a "fresh start". They pledged to put the past behind them and go forward in a spirit of trust. I'm not kidding - they went around the table and each pledged.
I'm okay with putting the past behind and facing forward, but let's not pretend that fresh starts and accountability are not in direct opposition. You can't preach accountability and then write off past bad actions with a flippant Hakuna Matata. Seriously, if I were a Board Director and I knew that there was going to be this sort of general amnesty on past transgressions I would have taken the opportunity to do something really nasty and divisive - like give a newspaper interview and call a board colleague untrustworthy.
I think it's a bit ironic that they re-pledge themselves to accountability by taking an action that is the antithesis of accountability.
I'm okay with putting the past behind and facing forward, but let's not pretend that fresh starts and accountability are not in direct opposition. You can't preach accountability and then write off past bad actions with a flippant Hakuna Matata. Seriously, if I were a Board Director and I knew that there was going to be this sort of general amnesty on past transgressions I would have taken the opportunity to do something really nasty and divisive - like give a newspaper interview and call a board colleague untrustworthy.
I think it's a bit ironic that they re-pledge themselves to accountability by taking an action that is the antithesis of accountability.
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If not, that's going to make it mighty hard to move forward because if all he did was pledge to move forward, it's not enough.
Here's hoping they all mean it but DeBell especially. What a disappointment.
The guy doesn't like it when strong women question his authority. He much prefers the damsel-in-distress or kissing-up mode that characterizes the women he has tolerated or championed.
It's easy for DeBell to repeat the Rodney King mantra now that his term is almost over, he knows he's damaged is reputation, and he plans on using Frank Greer and friends to get to the next best place.
To the detriment of his future job prospects in politics or public office, DeBell doesn't realize how transparent and offensive he is to those of us who believe people need to behave in a basically decent manner.
--enough already
They don't even understand that "fresh start" is the opposite of accountability.
Accountability, for all of the times that they say it, has no meaning for them. None.
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Would pay make the same people take the work more seriously or make the senior staff take them more seriously?
Would pay attract new people to the job - better qualified people?
Would pay just allow the school board to work at it full time so they would actually know what the heck is going on in the district for themselves, without having to rely on the spotty reports they get from the senior staff?
How, exactly, would pay help?