Having missed last night's board meeting we have to go by Kelly Soderlund's snippets from the JG this morning. Responding to remarks about "covert raises" for FWCS administrators, Wendy said she failed to communicate the concept of salary compression to the community. That's true. The community thinks it's about the difference betweeen their salaries, which are being frozen, cut or eliminated by the recession versus the raises promised to FWCS employees by the board. The compression actually refers to the difference in raises between FWCS teachers and administrators as well as the differences between pay at FWCS versus other districts. Well, if these people can get a better deal somewhere else, I say go for it.
FWEA president Al Jaquay was upset because the board "broke their bond" with the union by covertly approving administrator raises while trying to freeze or cut teacher pay to avoid layoffs. That bond had been cemented by endorsing and financing the campaigns of five out of the seven current board members with union money. He thought they were bought and paid for.
Just for the record, when I ran for the board , I told FWEA that in the (unlikely) event I got their endorsement, I wouldn't take their money. Of course saying that made getting their endorsement impossible.
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Board issues?? Board issues?? Oh that's right..this isn't about Imagine schools or Don Willis so let's hop and hopefully hide on the Metro page...Ball State needs to know they are not alone. But who can put FWCS on probation? Hmmm Oh I get it? You have to be an elected paid board member to make a mistake...that's why no front page
Evert,
I really think that you should consider running again this year. If you could talk Jeff Pruitt into running also, I think you two could team up and make a strong impact.
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