Modest goodbye for schools chief

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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Modest goodbye for schools chief

Embattled Superintendent Jesus Jara's departure for Orlando low-key

BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

Superintendent Jesus Jara ends his two-year tenure in the Monroe County School District on Tuesday, when he will spend the evening at a scheduled School Board meeting.

In Orlando, that is.

Tuesday is Jara's last day and the eve of the first one for incoming Superintendent Mark Porter, a Minnesota educator chosen by the School Board last month in a 4-1 vo...

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The Loser

Submitted on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 8:38am by Tarpley

What a Loser. Scott picked him.... Enough said.

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What? No Citizen editorial of recommendation??

Submitted on Tue, 07/31/2012 - 7:20am by Mac

Oh come on, he was just as crooked as Scholl!

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Good riddance !

Submitted on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 9:11am by justiceforall

Jara was a total disaster -lets review shall we? 500,000.00 whoopsie that paid teachers that were terminated a 30,000.00 bonus 60,000.00 per retiree - I'm still confused how that saves a dime 6,000,000.00 giving away Archer School -not his money ao who cares right? 1,200,000.00 in class size (math is not his strong point) 1,000,000.00 in "miscalculations" of the charter allocations We should have sent him out of town on a flaming barge. Karma is a real B***** , I give him 6 months before Orange discovers what a fraud he is!

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Sorry you cut balloons and

Submitted on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 10:18am by george

Sorry you cut balloons and fire works from the budget, as well as paper and pencil for the kids, don't you remember? We still have to door, don't let it hit you on the way out. Good riddance to another politician, hopefully the new guy is an educator.