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It's a simple question.
What is Eanes ISD Board
President Jim Strickland hiding?
In answer to Jim
Strickland's question "Why", because:
1. Class sizes are
rising through attrition layoffs of teachers
2. Academic programs
are being cut or threatened.
3. School booster clubs
are being asked to provide fundamental
academic materials (i.e. workbooks for
elementary school student, sound systems in
the classroom, playground equipment).
4. Parents are being
asked to provide fundamental academic
materials (i.e. latex gloves for AP Biology
at WHS).
5. Taxpayers are facing
tax increases.
6. Parents and
community are constantly bombarded with
fundraising requests.
7. Taxpayers fund the school district's
operations and we have the right to know.
From:
Jim Strickland [mailto:jimstrickland@austin.rr.com]
Sent:
Friday, June 06, 2008 8:39 AM
To:
'Dianna Pharr'
Subject:
RE: Question - Eanes ISD administrative
positions
How many administrative positions have been
added by Nola Wellman since 2004?
Some of us in the community are discussing
the apparent rise of central administration
positions and pay in Eanes ISD. I have not
requested public information regarding this
issue. However, I would appreciate a
response from you. Are the total
expenditures (and positions) for central
administration on the rise in Eanes ISD?
If Eanes ISD will provide a spreadsheet
showing the central administration positions
(as well as administrative positions at the
campus level) and related expenditures by
year for the last five years, I’ll be happy
to post it for public review on
KeepEanesInformed.
Thank you,
Dianna Pharr
Attachment:
April 2008
How many administrative positions have been
added by Nola Wellman since 2004?
Currently, the superintendent is advertising
to hire the following positions in the
Eanes
ISD
Central
Administration
Building:
1) Assistant Superintendent for Business
Services in the Business Services Department
2) Director of Mathematics & Science in the
Curriculum & Instruction Department, another
newly-created administrative position,
3) District Facility Coordinator in the
Business Services Department, another
newly-created administrative position.
Remember Eanes ISD Rick Bentley and Jerry
Molinoski?
A few years ago these men were employed by
Eanes ISD as Assistant Superintendents of
Curriculum and Human Resources,
respectively. Now employed by Yselta ISD,
Rick ($134,144) and Jerry ($136,644) are two
of the highest paid school administrators in
El PasoCounty.
"Salaries for administrators have jumped
sky-high in the last five years,"
said Frances Wever, the president of the
El Paso
Federation of Teachers and Support Personnel
-- a frequent critic of administrative
spending by the EPISD.
"The district has added
administrative positions instead of
decreasing them,"
she added.
"The administration needs to
take a good look at all positions in the
central office to see which ones could be
consolidated."
Clint,
The agenda for today’s board meeting was not
specific enough to understand the subject of
the closed session portion of the meeting:
IV. CLOSED SESSION
A. Tex. Gov. Code 551.074 Personnel Matters
I. Deliberate and Discuss Central Office
Administrative Positions
I appreciate your response and I’ll forward
this on to Jim Strickland.
Thank you,
Dianna
From:
Clint Sayers [mailto:clint@sayersassociates.com]
Sent:
Monday, May 12, 2008 3:40 PM
To:
Dianna Pharr
Subject:
RE: Eanes - central administration positions
Dianna – I don’t have this information, but
I’m sure it will be discussed in upcoming
budget meetings. The topic of additional
administrative positions and expenditures
would not be a topic for Closed Session. I
suggest that you send your questions to
Jim Strickland since he, as president,
typically responds for the board on such
matters.
Thanks, Clint
From:
Dianna Pharr [mailto:dpharr@austin.rr.com]
Sent:
Saturday, May 10, 2008 5:50 PM
To:
Clint Sayers
Subject:
Eanes - central administration positions
May 10, 2008
Hello Clint,
I hope all is well with you.
Last month, I posted the following question
on
www.keepeanesinformed.com:
How many administrative positions have been
added by Nola Wellman since 2004?
Some of us in the community are discussing
the apparent rise of central administration
positions and pay in Eanes ISD. I have not
requested public information regarding this
issue. However, I would appreciate a
response from you. Are the total
expenditures (and positions) for central
administration on the rise in Eanes ISD?
Further, I noticed that this is an issue to
be discussed in closed session during the
upcoming board meeting. I recommend that
the Eanes ISD board ask the Eanes ISD
central administration to create a
spreadsheet showing the central
administration positions and expenditures by
year for the last five years.
Thank you,
Dianna Pharr
April 2008
How many administrative positions have been
added by Nola Wellman since 2004?
Currently, the superintendent is advertising
to hire the following positions in theEanes
ISD
Central
Administration
Building:
1) Assistant Superintendent for Business
Services in the Business Services Department
2) Director of Mathematics & Science in the
Curriculum & Instruction Department, another
newly-created administrative position,
3) District Facility Coordinator in the
Business Services Department, another
newly-created administrative position.
Remember Eanes ISD Rick Bentley and Jerry
Molinoski?
A few years ago these men were employed by
Eanes ISD as Assistant Superintendents of
Curriculum and Human Resources,
respectively. Now employed by Yselta ISD,
Rick ($134,144) and Jerry ($136,644) are two
of the highest paid school administrators in
El PasoCounty.
"Salaries for administrators have jumped
sky-high in the last five years,"
said Frances Wever, the president of the
El Paso
Federation of Teachers and Support Personnel
-- a frequent critic of administrative
spending by the EPISD.
"The district has added
administrative positions instead of
decreasing them,"
she added.
"The administration needs to
take a good look at all positions in the
central office to see which ones could be
consolidated."
Many community members are discussing the apparent
rise of central administration positions and pay in Eanes ISD. Are the total expenditures (and
positions) for central administration on the rise in
Eanes ISD?
KeepEanesInformed has recommended that the Eanes ISD board ask the Eanes ISD central
administration to create a spreadsheet showing the
central administration positions and expenditures by
year for the last five years and share that report
with the public.
In May 2008, the
Eanes ISD board posts the following closed session
agenda item:
Tex.
Gov. Code 551.074 Personnel Matters
Deliberate and Discuss Central Office Administrative
Positions
