At Latest Superintendent Search Meeting, Residents Voice Concerns About State Control
By Steve Gold • Jan 23rd, 2012 • Category: Featured, News
The latest public meeting held on the ongoing superintendent search took place at School 11 on Friday with the prospect of a snowstorm looming.
School Board Member Marvin Adames presided over the nearly two-hour forum. Two of the three board members on the ad-hoc search committee, chairwoman Carol Lester and Carol Harrison-Arnold, were present and the third member, William DeRosa, was absent. Franklin Walker, the interim superintendent, participated as well.
“We went to various communities – weekends and different hours,” Adames told the two dozen people in attendance. “We gathered information on what people would like to see in a superintendent.”
He told the audience that a timer would not be used to limit questions, and said they could ask questions from their seats.
Most people at the forum voiced opposition to the state’s appointment of Cathy Coyle to oversee some functions of the school district. There
