Russell Peterson wrote... <<First, I wonder if this would be true if the MPS leader were actually a 50 year old white male...>> Hey, there's racism here, but I think Mr. Peterson may be looking under the wrong rock. Any board that has a rep of keeping a superintendent against that person's will, is going to have a challenge in recruiting a replacement...and a pretty disgruntled leader. I agree with some of the points made by Peterson, Tannick in the Strib and Ron Rosenbaum on KSTP. Johnson and the board's disregard for contractual agreements is a bad, if common, message. Some thoughts. 1. Did I miss the parallel comments when exactly the same process brought Johnson from St. Louis Park to Minneapolis four years ago? Is a double standard operating in that regard? 2. This may be some lawyer bashing, but...I have difficulty imagining Johnson showing up in the offices of Tannick or Rosenbaum and describing the efforts of the board to stop her from moving on, then getting the response, "Sorry, honey, they're doin' the right thing. I can't ethically help you. Suck it up and do the job you agreed to." I somehow think these folks might find a way to help her get out of the contract, perhaps in return for legal fees of, say, $30,000 paid by Minneapolis tax payers.. Perhaps I am cynical, but ethical standards are nowadays tempered by the capacity of lawyers to spin the law. 3. As far as messages that make education in Minneapolis more challenging go, the Johnson contract message finishes a distant second to the one delivered by general managers of NBA franchises at about the same time. That NBA dream is well implanted before the times tables are learned. Maybe lawyers (and others) have some ethical suggestions on that one. Dennis Schapiro Linden Hills _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
