School Board Infighting?
The South Cheatham Advocate posted an interesting article regarding Dr. Webb’s resignation. The end of the front page article quotes three School Board Members: Johnson, Lavender, and Horton. Johnson reportedly emailed brief statements regarding Webb’s departure. Lavender and Horton, however, reportedly called staff at the Advocate and alleged that various Board Members actually hindered Webb’s success and worked against Dr. Webb. The Members Horton and Lavender mentioned were: Dianne Proffitt and William Johnson. Lavender even went so far as to reportedly indicate that former interim Director Dianne Williams was against Webb as well.
So, which is the case? Initially, both Horton and Lavender blamed students, families in the community and media for Webb’s departure. And now, School Board Members and Williams are to blame? And how exactly does this particular discussion assist the Board in making decisions in the future? If the board can’t get along, and work together, how in the world will they get anything done?
After all, this isn’t about personalities or politics. The last time I checked, this was supposed to be about our children.
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Just to clarify and be accurate: It was NOT William Johnson mentioned by Lavender/Horton. It was Tim Williamson. I’ve observed William Johnson to be nothing but an articulate, rational breath of fresh air. Tim Williamson, however, rarely seems to say much of anything. And from what I observed, seems to be almost always in-line with Proffitt & Michelle Collins vote-wise.
There’s the log-jam. The Proffitt/Collins/Williamson vote trifecta seems to be the cause of many an issue in my humble opinion.
And the overall focus is so far removed from being about the children it’s almost laughable. If it was about the children… you’d actually see the board members as regular presences in the schools, at their functions and implementing a healthy dialogue with the parents.
There isn’t as much as a simple newsletter in place currently.
Until parents take the bold step of seizing (and yes.. I mean SEIZING control) of our county’s schools, and closely monitoring those who WE put in charge to administrate the process… this is futile and never-ending conversation.
Watching this playing field is like watching a dysfunctional family on a cheap reality TV show.
the tie votes really astound me. they point fingers more that they argue their case. i really hope this improves soon. my oldest is starting hhs next year.
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