As you have heard from the Salt Lake Tribune or from KSL, at last night's school board meeting it was announced that Dr. Barry Newbold will be retiring as superintendent effective December 31, 2010. Has has valiantly led our district for the past 14 years and I wish my old elementary school principal the very best in his retirement.
What is shocking about last night is the timeline that the CURRENT Board of Education unveiled to select Dr. Newbold's replacement. The decision will be made on December 14, 2010 by the current Board without input of any new board members (there will be at least 2 new members and most likely 3 once I oust the current board president). It is completely inappropriate for a lame-duck board to make this decision - it is pure politics as usual in Jordan SD. The correct path would be for the current board to appoint an interim superintendent to lead the district while the search and appointment of the replacement is conducted by the Board of Education that is effective January 2011. Those elected to the board this fall (myself included) need to be involved in this process as we will be working with this selection for at least 2 years.
I ask you to please attend one of the 6 public hearings starting next week regarding this and each board meeting leading up to the selection. This isn't right - but it's not surprising considering the current membership on the board!
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
8 weeks until Election Day
Nathan Gedge for Jordan School District Board of Education Precinct 7
Eight weeks from today is Election Day!
We have spent the weekend posting campaign signs throughout Precinct 7 (Northeast West Jordan). Let us know if you'd like a campaign sign for your yard. This is what they look like:
And now for the big news!!!! Our campaign was recommended for endorsement by the Jordan Education Assoication Political Action Committee (PAC) late last week. Out of the three Jordan School Board races, we were fortunate enough to be the only race where there was an endoresment. This is a huge deal with the amount of members that JEA has and will go a long way in helping us win this election (in 8 weeks).
Lastly, I've spent a lot of time updating our website at http://www.nathangedge.com/ (don't forget to type the www.). I've added my September calendar of events and some new information, including our 2nd batch of campaign signs that will be here in two weeks (here is a sneak preview):
Peace and love and we hope that we can count on your vote this November 2nd. - Nate
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