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It appears EBR school superintendent's days are numbered
Posted on 6/15/14 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 6/15/14 at 8:04 pm
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Posted on 6/15/14 at 8:20 pm to LSURussian
....no surprise here. That dumpster fire of a school system should be completely disbanded. ......and you can thank the federal government for starting the fire. Proof positive that the federal government does precious few things well.... And a multitude of things....HORRIBLY!!
Posted on 6/15/14 at 8:36 pm to Jim Ignatowski
John Parker can burn in Hell!
This post was edited on 6/15/14 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 6/15/14 at 8:54 pm to udtiger
Amen!
Posted on 6/15/14 at 8:56 pm to LSURussian
Taylor should be the first to go, but not the last.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 7:05 pm to doubleb
Taylor needs to go, but what are the chances a competent replacement gets seated in the job? Either way, Taylor should never be employed as a super again.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 7:07 pm to Sprocket46
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Taylor needs to go, but what are the chances a competent replacement gets seated in the job?
Depends on the balance of power within the school board, IMHO.
If the current situation holds, we'll get a repeat of the clusterfrick from a few years back where the current teachers and administrators try to push for an insider to take control while the people who want the schools to get better try to push for an external candidate.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 7:08 pm to teke184
Somebody please encourage Norman Browning to apply.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 7:12 pm to LSURussian
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Somebody please encourage Norman Browning to apply.
I'd suggest he throw his hat in the ring just to make a few of the board members' heads explode, along with the bitch on South Foster who is in charge of hiring and firing for the school system.
That ruling in California about teacher tenure could be a nice tool if/when it works its way through the court system to SCOTUS.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 7:13 pm to Sprocket46
When is the last time we had a good super?
Posted on 6/16/14 at 7:18 pm to teke184
Craig Freeman makes a good point about the amount it would cost to buy out the remaining year of his contract. That's a lot of money and I'm not sure I would be willing to use all taxpayer funds to do it. I definitely don't want his contract renewed but again, not sure I'm fully in support of a buyout either.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:14 pm to Mickey Goldmill
Me either but he needs to go .
I doubt they could fire him with cause.
I doubt they could fire him with cause.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:46 pm to doubleb
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I doubt they could fire him with cause.
I don't know, but I would sure as heck try to pin him on the email coverup of the cheating scandal, which the investigation for is still ongoing .
Posted on 6/16/14 at 8:52 pm to Mickey Goldmill
Taylor was bought out of his previous employment for more money than his current buyout. Why is anyone on the EBR Parish School Board surprised that Taylor has produced results that would make a buyout desirable? What bothers me the most is Taylor's attitude toward being bought out. Rather than be upset, he seems to be amenable. That's definitely going to inspire confidence among the employees of the EBRPSS.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 9:56 am to Sprocket46
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Taylor needs to go, but what are the chances a competent replacement gets seated in the job? Either way, Taylor should never be employed as a super again.
All you have to do is take a look 70 miles downriver in regards to the Orleans Parish School Board, who has had an interim super for two years now, mainly due to a lack of decent candidates. They have a lack of decent candidates because the school board id a cluster of unprecedented magnitude.
No decent super candidate is going to want anything to do with this posistion. I would argue that anyone within EBR school should be automatically disqualified.
Their best hope is a dramatic set of changes on the school board, followed by hiring an up and comer from a very small school district who is wanting to make a big splash, even if that person only works a few years.
Their other option is to go to the Together BR people, and ask them to put their money where their mouth is, pay the buyout, and open their wallets up, and go down to Jefferson Parish and see how much it would take to hire their super. By all accounts he has brought JP schools back from the brink.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 4:08 pm to LSUFanHouston
OPSB loses candidate
And... the best candidate of the three bad ones in Orleans Parish just dropped out. Now, they get to choose between two rejects. This is the future of EBR.
And... the best candidate of the three bad ones in Orleans Parish just dropped out. Now, they get to choose between two rejects. This is the future of EBR.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 6:55 pm to LSURussian
What exactly are people expecting out of a Superintendent?
The guy has been here two years. In that two years while he has been in charge, 12 schools improved enough to be removed from the state take over list. The Common Core curriculum has been implemented and while some scores dropped they didn't drop as much as people thought they would. He has been tied up with the state legislature on a breakaway school district and on potential laws that would strip his position of almost all its authority. And in both cases he came out victorious in the eyes of the school board. I am not sure what they expect out of the position, but it doesn't sound like he has done that bad.
On a personal level I don't find the guy that likable and I don't think many people do, but I find it hard to say he has done a bad job running the district at this point, especially bad enough to buy him out.
What would a superintendent have to do in two years for people here to think they have done an excellent job?
The guy has been here two years. In that two years while he has been in charge, 12 schools improved enough to be removed from the state take over list. The Common Core curriculum has been implemented and while some scores dropped they didn't drop as much as people thought they would. He has been tied up with the state legislature on a breakaway school district and on potential laws that would strip his position of almost all its authority. And in both cases he came out victorious in the eyes of the school board. I am not sure what they expect out of the position, but it doesn't sound like he has done that bad.
On a personal level I don't find the guy that likable and I don't think many people do, but I find it hard to say he has done a bad job running the district at this point, especially bad enough to buy him out.
What would a superintendent have to do in two years for people here to think they have done an excellent job?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 7:41 pm to cssamerican
Taylor could be the world's best education superintendent but it's meaningless if all he does is piss people off, especially parents, legislators, state education officials and school board members.
He appears to go out of his way to be confrontational with education stakeholders when just the slightest bit of cordiality would make a positive impact. He has a huge chip on his shoulder all the time.
He appears to go out of his way to be confrontational with education stakeholders when just the slightest bit of cordiality would make a positive impact. He has a huge chip on his shoulder all the time.
Posted on 6/17/14 at 8:03 pm to cssamerican
To start with it would be nice if he told the truth and addressed improprieties in the system directly .
Is that too much to ask for?
Is that too much to ask for?
Posted on 6/17/14 at 8:07 pm to LSURussian
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He appears to go out of his way to be confrontational with education stakeholders when just the slightest bit of cordiality would make a positive impact. He has a huge chip on his shoulder all the time.
I agree, he isn't likable, but they knew that when they hired him. It was easy to find out his reputation out through a Google search.
They had Dillworth prior who by all accounts was a lame duck who didn't fight for anything he wanted. Heck, he wouldn't even quit when he wanted to. People didn't want that kind of Superintendent. They didn't want Dr. Brister from within the system who by all accounts has a likeable personality. They supposedly wanted an outsider with fresh ideas who would change the direction of the school system and fight off state takeovers. They wanted a Dr. Taylor, a person who would push for what they thought was best no matter what anyone else thought. But as always as soon as that person's started changing things and those changes didn't line up with what they wanted they want him gone.
Again I ask the question what do people want/expect from their Superintendent here? What does that person have to do to make you think they are doing a good job?
And for the record I would have never hired the guy, but if you ever want things to improve you have to have someone here longer than one contract term. It does take time to change a school system with as much political baggage as this one.
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To start with it would be nice if he told the truth and addressed improprieties in the system directly . Is that too much to ask for?
Are you talking about the credits for graduating incident? Didn't EBR self report that? From what I heard it sounded like mistakes were made, when discovered they were reported, and EBR was willing to make changes to ensure it wouldn't happen again. Was there more to that than what I heard?
This post was edited on 6/17/14 at 8:30 pm
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