Quote from googling on 09/07/10 at 10:29pm:

Hoover already had their way with SP on the football field.  What else is left?

Here's my opinion on what I witnessed tonight.


Since the Propst issue, this Board has taken forever to make a decision about everything.  From FOI requests to making a decision about procedures, nothing comes quick to them.  Another poster stated the following in one of the Sports threads on this forum: At this point in time, they should have interviewed everyone who had ever walked past the practice fields.  No one is being served by dragging this out!

Really?  No one?  Think about that.  Really think about that.  I'll give you a while to dwell on that.

Thanks, gal, for pointing out the obvious.  Why hasn't Mr. Craig been able to "wrap his arms around this" (one of his favorite quotes) and settle it?  There is urgency to this matter, as the football team's season has started.  If this were the start of summer, it might be different.  

Whenever employees' jobs are on the table (as it appears that might be the case here), there are many i's to dot and t's to cross.  That being said, it was hard to watch those parents in the gallery that were so befuddled by the ridiculous processes our schools have to go through to get ANYTHING done.  It made me realize how seasoned I've become.  I've grown used to watching them move as quickly as a slug.  I've grown used to having to prod them and poke them to get things (anything at all) done.  It's the lack of recognition that there is URGENCY to this matter (and indeed to MANY matters that come before the board) that is so frustrating.

And gal, you hit the nail on the head.  This is Mr. Craig's problem.  Mr. Craig is one of the highest paid superintendents in the state of Alabama (no longer THE highest paid, I believe) and yet he appears incapable of simply making a decision.  I appreciate that he has reached out to a group of folks in the Financial Task Force.  I appreciate that he has put together search teams for principals.  Those two cases have been where there is time to make a decision.  

But this is different.  A decision should be made.  They went into Executive Session last night to discuss the possibility of litigation if the Board takes a possible action.  I left when the Board went into Executive Session.  What I'm having trouble with is why the Board is even involved in this investigation.  Seems to me that Mr. Craig should have had enough information to make a recommendation to the Board.  The Board could then consider it, and THEN, if necessary, call an Executive Session to discuss it.  But the idea of Mr. Craig consulting with the Board as opposed to making a recommendation is repulsive to me.  He's the superintendent.  It's the same wishy-washy behavior that tore this community apart in 2007.  

Again, thanks, gal, for pointing out the obvious.  Sometimes we get too mired down in the details and forget the process has been perverted.