School chief search committee meets

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Thursday, April 12, 2012

School chief search committee meets

Will recommend 5 finalists by May 31

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

The Florida Keys-wide search committee assembled by the School Board to help select Monroe County's first hired superintendent made several basic decisions at its inaugural meeting Wednesday evening.

Mike Puto, former county mayor and former Marathon city manager, was elected chairman by the 21 members who attended. Cathy Hoffman, a former schools chief in Ohio who runs Big...

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I wonder

Submitted on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:30pm by Loose Stool

what would happen if one of the applicants had a personal relationship with one of the selection committee members?

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Egads. Mike Puto?

Submitted on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 5:39pm by Nickname

You gotta be kidding. Puto is running the search committee? This is not going to end well.

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Does anyone see any flaws..

Submitted on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 1:50pm by gkv

so far in the plans? There are plenty of good school administrators out there---find one.

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There is a problem with finding effective administrators because

Submitted on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 3:14pm by bc1234567

they are all out of touch with the happenings in the classroom. Thus, they set forth lofty, nearly unattainable goals and guidelines for teachers and hammer them with pay-cuts and admonishments for struggling to satisfy the egos of those sitting in the upper office with their feet up on the desk designing the next set of fantasies to live by in the school environment. The truth is the majority of administrators have left the classroom because they could not handle the daily classroom operations. If you cannot handle the classroom, you have NO business stepping into the role of "leader."

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Problems from the start

Submitted on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:14am by My2cents

Who chose the committee members? Who are they? What are their qualificions? Are they members of the School Advisory Councils? Why is there only one student? When it gets down to five, who will do the interview...certainly not all 21 members. Each school's SAC should have had one person from each area on the committee - parent, teacher, student, community member and staff member 5 from each school. These are the people who know what is going on in the schools and the District. These are the people who attend the monthly SAC meetings. These are the people who understand what the schools and the district needs to be successful.