It looks like the Pinellas County School Board is
trying to get around the public opposition to their
plans of firing Rus. The new strategy is: Let's
exclude public participation, fire her, and then
let them comment on "the issues" but not allow
them to mention Rus's name. Splendit!
Rus wrote:
An update on the firing.
All public comment has been moved two hours into the board meeting and after the board fires me.
The heading is now under disciplinary so people are not allowed to mention my name directly -- only discuss the issues.
It should still be interesting.
I'll keep you posted.
Rus
My comment. The School Board had originally intended to
do a snowjob by handling Russ's firing as an "exercise of
the Board's option to dismiss without cause within the
probationary period". It seems that they have come to
realize that people will not buy this. So they did a
nice little magical switch and it is now a "disciplinary
action" that excludes public participation. How is
that for creative administering.
I think it would be helpful to email the Superintendent
and the School Board again, asking them "what's up with
this switch in the middle of the game?" Something is
seriously not right with this whole thing.
Here are the addresses:
These are the email addresses I am using. I don't have one for Principal Griffin
Dr J. Howard Hinesley, Superintendent of Schools, Pinellas County
super@pinellas.k12.fl.us Email for members of the School Board (direct through "attention to" by name:
Board@pcsb.org John W. Bowen, School Board Attorney
bowenj@pinellas.k12.fl.us Thomas Wittmer, Assistant School Board Attorney
wittmert@pinellas.k12.fl.us BTW, there was a pasting glitch in the email address
for the Superintendent I had given in an earlier post.
I have corrected it in the above list.
Thank you for your action.
terrasol
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