List,
I was hoping not to have to WASTE my second post on this same topic, but I had to respond to this Mr. Ecklund's post.
I am real tired of people stating how Jennings, or anyone else for that matter, lowers themselves to take jobs that are financially beneath them. If money was the factor, they should have taken a job elsewhere to begin with. They are hired to do a job, right now. What happens to them once the job is over is up to them. If they leave thier jobs down the road, or are even planning to do so, that means they need to start saving money like us regular folks must do to cover lean times.
Anyway, the fault lies not with Jennings; all he did was take what they offered and ran with it. It is the school board who offered up that package, knowing full well that money could have gone to better use. If Jennings would not have taken less, and walked away, they would have then had to contend with Plan B, C, and D .... That is the reality of life.
If we stopped paying such outrageous salaries to people, we might actually hire someone to do the job who wants to do the job, and not someone who just wants money. We are so busy trying to keep up with the jones we lose sight of the main objective. A quality education for ALL children. If they deserve a raise, depending on favorable and real (not fabricated) results garnered, then increase it. But stop giving away the farm up front.
Pamela Taylor
(Tampa)
LEE EKLUND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It appears time to unleash Jennings from the whipping post. It is fair to state most Minnesotan's do not make the income of an interim superintendent, nor should they. A man of Jennings status and public service brings much to the table. I am confident few could disagree that decades of public service and business experience could benefit the Minneapolis Public School System (MPS). A man of Jennings status can command $300,000 to $500,00 per year in the private sector with his knowledge of politics and business; and he is willing to work for a dramatic wage reduction to serve the citizens of Minneapolis. Should even one connection Jennings has made over the decades result in even a $10 increase per student in funding for the MPS, the result is roughly $500,000 to MPS, covering his salary at a profit to the citizens. An outside candidate will face years of building relationships with the powers to be and will be a dis-service to the taxpayers of Minneapolis.Lee R. EklundVictory
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