I too served with Paul and Ruth for many years and
did evaluations for at least 3 superintendents. While I agree the
evaluation should and will be done in private, I also believe the criteria for
such an evaluation is a public matter and the public should be able to give
their input to the board. If the board does this evaluation, generally it
was done with a committee of the board that reported the results to the entire
board.
Also, evaluation criteria change over
time. It seems the current trend in the business world is to do 360 degree
evolutions. This means the super does a self evaluation and those around
him including his staff, teaching staff, and others he would supervise give
input into the performance of the person. This is common practice done in the
professional world by most employers. It gives the person evaluated the
opportunity to give goals and suggestions for the future and receive ideas from
others.
I hope the board
will consider this method. It is always difficult to evaluate an
employee and leave the emotional factors out and just look at performance
issues. Did the person meet their goals? Were the employees
supervised performing as expected? I trust the board will be direct
and impartial on all counts.
I agree with Tom. If this was a public
forum, it would be a witch hunt. We don't need that. We elected
the school board to be our voice. Let them do their job. If we don't
like what they do, we have 4 seats up for elections this fall. Dick
Gaffron
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Ruth
and Paul were on the school board for a long time and has been very
involved if my recollection serves me well. I always respect her
opinion.
The
rest of us who want to criticize the school board for not listening need to
run for the board and get involved.
I
may disagree and think there is a better way, but if I am not willing to
commit the time to the board or running for the board. Things like
evaluating the superintendent are private events which we as the public
cannot evaluate effectively. A public evaluation would be the equivalent of a
public flogging, especially in light of how many people seem to be upset with
the system and the current superintendent.
What
good could come of a public evaluation?
Very well said Ruth. I stopped going
to school board meetings years ago, I couldn't take the stress of being
talked down to and not even listened to when addressing the board.
Rude? I think every board we have has been rude to the
public. They are supposed to be representing us but too often they
either do what the superintendent wants or have their own agenda.
Yes, we should be given the chance to
evaluate the superindentent in a forum besides letters to the
editor.
Linda Fort
[Winona Online Democracy]
I've noticed that they act in many ways like
we who foot the bill are just little unspanked children who don't
understand as much as they do. But, then we rally don't because all the
intelligencia on the board think they know best. Sorry in advance if I
again stepped on someones toes. Bob Kaldunski
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Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:47
PM
Subject: [Winona] School
Board
[Winona Online Democracy]
How many of this group watched last
Thursday's school board meeting? I thought Natalie was very rude
to the people who got up and spoke their minds on what is going on in
this school district. Mr Ramsdell was the spokesman for the group,
but was not representing the WEA, just the teachers and other staff that
were there for support. They were not talking about any contract
things, just trying to get people to realize how this administration is
trying to keep them quiet about things many of us disagree that the top
people are doing.
All of the speakers are citizens, taxpayers
and have a right to speak in the 5 minute time allowed as I do. It
is good for the people watching on television to hear the side of the
people who are responsible for teaching our children. We need more
people to get up and tell the board we are not happy with some of
the decisions that have been made. The fee schedule that has
now been passed is not about the $20.00, but that anyone that is doing a
service project will now be charged to help other people. National
Honor Society, HOPE, Student Council just to name a few that will now
have to pay to be in these groups. When will the survey to the
community be sent out so we can all give our opinion of the school
board. Some are doing o.k., but remember there are 4 members up
for election this fall. I also have said at a board meeting that
I, along with many others, believe the community should also be given a
chance to evaluate our superintendent. Good, bad or whatever the
board would then have more to go on then the few people who are getting
to do an evaluation. Ruth
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