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!
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