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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
School administrators will keep their jobs

School administrators who an investigative report blamed for the financial scandal will have contracts next year, based on a 3-2 vote in which board members John Dick and Steve Pribramsky voted no.

Board Chairman Andy Griffiths and members Duncan Mathewson and Debra Walker voted to retain the administrators, pending a final investigative report expected to be completed within a month or so, Mathewson said.

"We reserve the right to make changes as we see fit," Mathewson said.

Attorney Latour Lafferty, who the School Board hired to advise it through the scandal fallout, urged the board to postpone any personnel decisions until it determines there are no more damning revelations.

The employees included Finance Director Kathy Reitzel, purchase card administrator Linda Walker, Transportation Director Dori Collins and Vocational Education Coordinator Mark Hooper.

Hooper is slated to return to the classroom next year as a teacher, however.

What a joke!!!!!

The people who need to lose their jobs are the idiot school board members who are in large measure responsible for this mess....

I reserve the right

to vote you out in the next election and I will! I don't need to see what the next outcome will be...YOU WILL NOT GET MY VOTE!

There is no rush for judgment!

Why not wait until the final report comes in that way they can't sue the School Board. There is no rush if the report states they did not do their job and should be held accountable then the Board should take action against them. We already know just by what has come out that the Finance Director and the purchase card administrator did not do their jobs let the Board have proof of that so they can not come back and sue for wrongful termination. Also they should look at every person in Moniques chain of command and either fire them or demote them and put people in positions who can do the job right. Also they should seek whatever means to recoupe this money that has been stolen from our children and teachers who this proves could have had raises for the last 6 years at least. Also if administators are coming back for the drop and are making 100k shame on you knowing that teachers should be paid that money and not you double dipping.

When are you going to publish public comments??????

Isn't someone at the Citizen responsible for processing comments every few hours or so? These are trying times. Please we need our platform for venting. Thank goodness the Citizen allows us to blow off steam.

This is Very Wrong

The Board has no vote from me in the next election. I will run against them on a reformist platform. Acevedo's father is an """ and Randy is a poisoned fruit that doesn't fall far from the tree that bore him.

I bet hooper keeps the same pay grade as a teacher!

I like the comment by henriquez that hooper's old job has been closed. This is interesting since his Randy fabricated political payoff job was funded by a grant! So what does mikey do with this grant money? they will probably give the other political hack sunny Booker another fat raise! This is all "alleged" corruption that will remain to haunt the tax payers!

I bet hooper keeps the same pay grade as a teacher!

I like the comment by henriquez that hooper's old job has been closed. This is interesting since his Randy fabricated political payoff job was funded by a grant! So what does mikey do with this grant money? they will probably give the other political hack sunny Booker another fat raise! This is all "alleged" corruption that will remain to haunt the tax payers!

Randy may be suspended but he still runs the show!

Mike Henriquez showed his ring in his nose. The gang of three showed their rear ends as they voted to keep corruption in Monroe county schools! (alegedly) I urge everyone to write email or call the gang of three and demand accountability! The high light of todays meeting was when Manny Acevedo tried to speak "duuuh" and ended up looking stupid when he called Steve and John a couple of dicks! What a buffoon! A group of other key west monkees were brought in to cheer Manny's criticisms and swearing. They cheered like a bunch of Key west high school thugs at a high school foot ball game just before they egged on the fight! Typical behavior from corrupt bubbas! Now not all bubbas are crooks and when I find one I will let everyone know.

credit card administrator

If all of the credit cards have eliminated why keep a card administrator?

The Gang of Three should be removed

The Gang of three should be removed. They have just condoned stealing is ok! What a fine example to show our kids its ok to steal. I hope they know there career is over as a school board member come election time. True example of no Balls..... And for the Admin Staff you showed how Un-educated you really are and how you all condone stealing your cheers at the meeting confirmed it. You held the schools at a high standard when using tax dollars but the main office cant follow there own rules. I guess the High School will have a class on how to steal and keep your JOB. And for Randy’s family I guess they condone stealing from his statement. What Losers! As a Parent I will not donate not one dime to the schools untill upper level staff is removed. its the only way I can protest and if I could not pay Taxes for the schools I wont pay it either.

OUTRAGEOUS! Glad to see 3

OUTRAGEOUS! Glad to see 3 board members giving me Mr. Tax payer and voter the middle finger. Can we have people step forward now and promise to run against these 3 in the future?

Business As Usual.......

Walker, Mathewson and Griffiths could give a rat's arse if our kids loose more money. They don't care that this people didn't do their jobs, they don't care!! Thanks for trying Dick and Pribamsky....... at least we know who's got an ounce of decency left on the board. Shame on the 3 of you! Shame, shame!!!!
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