Comments on: The facts on Frumkin

By: qodrn

qodrn — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:34:04 +0000

If one slogs through the latest agenda of the next regular school board meeting, low and behold the list recalling layed off teachers reaches two pages. What was the cost of these layoffs that clearly were not needed? Then one notes that teachers who share jobs have been put on leave for the whole school year. Then we have a nice list of substitutes being hired. What gives? If the lack of children seen in my area this summer holds up throughout the city, I think the school district may be in for a bit of a shock.

By: bently place

bently place — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:33:03 +0000

I can say Mr. Frumpkin does in deed live on third street i have seen him with my own eyes pleanty of times! He lives in my complex.

By: Fernando Hernandez

Fernando Hernandez — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:41:04 +0000

Do we have leaders or a flock of sheep serving on this board? Interesting question…

The way I look at this is the following:

The fact that the board seems to “rubber stamp” the recommendations of the administrators is that they (the board) set up the policies for the district to begin with…

Vigil and Schimmel took a lot of community anger over the strike and other firings, but lets not forget that they were tasked with implementing the Board’s policies.

As much as many in community dislike the super. and his underlings, they were acting on behalf of the Board. The Board members simply shielded themselves behind their silence and their meeting policies, where discussion of the issues or answering of community concerns go unanswered.

If we want to see the district run in a different manner, we first need to get a different Board at the helm.

By: monica

monica — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:43:30 +0000

Classified employees belong to different unions than the teachers union. They have their ownn contracts and union reps.

By: Mark Kovarik

Mark Kovarik — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:02:24 +0000

I would like to know the logic in the decision of positions for layoff of classified employees. Was this a negotionation with the union? Was it based on the need of services or for someone with negotiating powers trying to save their own position? This board really should analizezeze each item on the agenda rather than rubber stamping recommendations by management to to to collect an easily made stipend ( money for serving on the board). Do we have leaders or a flock of sheep serving on this board?

By: TheVoice

TheVoice — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:33:14 +0000

I hope this was researched by the Review before posting and not just for ratings. Did they check the water or electric usage as was the case in the Ed Jew case. Was this a retaliatory call surfacing from the teachers strike? If so the Review bought into it. Either way there must be some research done and post the facts that are found to justify this posting.