Florida Keys News
Saturday, March 2, 2013
3 top schools aides gone
Gentile, Kinneer, Allen not renewed
BY GWEN FILOSA Citizen Staff
gfilosa@keysnews.com

Three members of the School District's executive team won't return after this school year ends in June, according to an email Superintendent Mark Porter to School Board members Friday.

Porter would not comment Friday night when contacted by The Citizen, but two sources close to the district confirmed that the three are Ken Gentile, director of finance and performance; Michae...

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Clarification

Submitted on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 2:27pm by Keep It Real
The point is Cheryl Allen had no role in hiring Ken Gentile. The board hired her without including HR in the process. Had she been involved Gentile would not have been hired. She has always been very professional in my dealings with her.

The FILTH

Submitted on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 1:18am by Concerned
of this Bubba crap just keeps going...and going. Please God bring in the Fed's for MSCO and all of Monroe County and City of KW.

Thanks Robin!

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 9:26am by Key Largoh
Rob (Smith-Martin) thank you for standing up to the bullies and getting things done. Finally a school board that's working for us not against us.

Thanks Ron

Submitted on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 5:23pm by just ask me
Don't you mean Ron Martin, all Smith-Martin does is stick his foot in his mouth.

The best thing one can say about Ron Martin is that he does

Submitted on Fri, 03/08/2013 - 10:06am by .
absolutely nothing. He is a useless board member and appears not to even live in Monroe County.

Finally . . . Progress!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 8:40pm by Cafe con Leche!
Shake the Tree hard enough, and the brown leaves will fall. Look for green shoots by Summer. Bravo, Mark Porter.

Here you go

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 8:15pm by Exasperated
Here you go again picking on the Archer and Henriquez family.. Amber made an A school of Key West High. Mike and Fran did the same things. Amber has stood by her friend Randy when all others ran away. He has been punished, so why continue to herass the man. She has cleaned up the athletical program from all the nasty coaches. All three take care of kids. Jealousy is a terrible thing. If they all weren't delivering the As that would be one thing but all of them are. Stop blaming Randy. He does not even know Gentile or Kineer. Would like to see one become under the superintedant instead of Axeford or even make Christine MacPherson second. These people no how to run the schools, let the have it and stop making it politically. Keep it going Potter.

Where did you go to school?

Submitted on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 1:11pm by Kiki
Your spelling and grammar are atrocious. Your punctuation is often misplaced. I wish when defending people in the educational business, their defenders would use proper English skills, it would be taken more seriously. I agree Axeford should be AXED as well, but certainly you can not disagree with Kineer and Genteel's removal. I do not know much about Ms. Allen, but if she were head of HR, it appears she botched the hiring of a CPA without a CPA, that in the real world holds consequences. When the hiring of this person, without the proper credit incurs a $36,000,000.00 error, who should be responsible? Never mind Who is your friend, look at the numbers and the facts.

Short term memory?

Submitted on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 10:16am by johndoetip
If you remember, the board paid an outside agency to hire Gentile. The Board decided to hire him even after the head hunting agency said that they couldn't verify his CPA status. Cheryl Allen had nothing to do with Gentile being hired. As for other employees for the district, each department interviews and hires their own employees. HR usually sits in on the interview as one of three panelist and gives their opinion, but the only real job is to verify their application and background. The board thought that they could bypass HR and use an outside head hunting firm to hire Gentile. The board always has to approve every new employee. Always. This is the information I got when I asked a certain MCSD employee and the newspaper already published a story about Gentile and the outside firm.

Cheryl Allen had more say in

Submitted on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 1:21am by george
Cheryl Allen had more say in the hiring than you think, plus as you pointed out, it was her job to verify, but it is far beyond that. She is a slovenly bully that the district will be happy to be with out

I am very curious

Submitted on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 10:08pm by johndoetip
I have been following these school district stories since the Acevedo crimes. During that time I received tremendous help from Mrs. Allen. My experiences have been completely different than what you lead on. I have no idea what your situation was or is but you have my curiosity. It's one thing to use words like bully or bubba but please give me an example. A name, place, time, anything. I promise to look in to it and let others know. If you do your research, I am the first one to show that Gentile was not a CPA and I did it in the comments forum under an article about the MCSD. I am an accountant and I am not a CPA. I knew I could not use the CPA designation and I didn't think it was right that he was. That was my first comment. I am interested if you actually have any substance or just blowing hot air. I agree that Cheryl is tough as nails but not a bully. Think about anyplace you have worked in the past.... HR usually isn't very popular because they have to do the stuff no one else wants or can't.

What

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 9:30pm by itsabouttime
the heck was all that about??????

Huh?

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 10:30am by Cake
Ummm....Lay off the booze maybe?

Sorry

Submitted on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 6:49pm by Exasperated
Need the booze to survive. Just tired of people picking on local conchs who have done well and happy there is at least one who cares about one who didn't.

You are a poster child for

Submitted on Thu, 03/07/2013 - 8:28am by 666
You are a poster child for all that is wrong with our schools. Did you actually get a diploma?

Amber has lost or forced out

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 10:25am by george
Amber has lost or forced out over fifty students that would hurt the ranking. Athletes are not even registered or enrolled and their grades are changed so they can play. It is all about fudging the data. It is not an A plus school, and it is being run like a sorority house.

What are you babbling about

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 7:44am by NativeConch67
Your beloved Amber isn't even mentioned. As for Randy, he should have gone to prison with his wife instead of shacking up with his mistress.

This is awesome. I do not

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 5:23pm by george
This is awesome. I do not know why with Monique's and Randy's changing of hiring qualifications, and then Gentile misrepresenting himself, how Allen as head of HR never once was under the radar. Good ridden s, Thank you Porter for cleaning house. Three district jobs could mean up to nine teachers back in the classroom. Every sycophant appointment was Allen;s fault since she had the power to deny them as head of HR.

The new guy.........

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 3:44pm by gkv
Wants his own people. Not the first time something like this ever happened. OR, IS THERE MORE TO THE STORY?

Well there is a GOD -and he doesn't like blasphemers!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 2:58pm by justiceforall
Its about time someone finally took action concerning Gentile! He has been proven over and over to be dishonest , and untrustworthy. I am astonished that he has the nerve to say " discrimination" when he- if I'm not mistaken- was the religious bully who compelled others to get on their knees and pray in his office. I wonder if he would be surprised to know... this was coming? Watch out school district and tax payers, he is sure to fill his pockets on the way out, if he hasn't already stolen enough with his bloated salary for being completely incompetent .

bye bye

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 2:05pm by Loose Stool
And "boom" goes the dynamite.

Just Blame God.....

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 12:18pm by Tarpley
I wonder why God decided to fire Gentile. He certainly works in wonderful ways....

Top School Aids

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 11:58am by keyspoilme88
So sorry to see you leave Mrs Allen. But there is a list of more that should go. Clean out the Managers in Transportation as well. There are more in the frying pan then you think Mr Porter. Clean up the Bubba and give the people a chance that has the Degrees they went to College for. And all the relatives related in the same School buildings. And things will run alot better for us. And no one will back up the wrong. Also check backgrounds on the Employess as well.

Just read this on another post.

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 5:43pm by Exasperated
Think they met Axeford not Allen. Christine does her work anyhow like she did at the high school. No wonder Axeford took the girl with her down there. AND AXFORD new Submitted on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 7:24pm by Sam Clemens The Ax needs to get the Ax too. She is on her 5th failed six-figure job in two years (1. KWHS Principal, 2, Chief Operations Officer, 3. Executive Director of Operations, 4. Chief Academic Officer, 5.Director of Teaching and Learning)... How many title changes does it take to realize you can't do the job?

Allen is one of those Bubbas

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 10:28am by george
Allen is one of those Bubbas . She was awarded the job before she got her degree like all the other Bubbas.

It's good that they're going. However, Gentile should be fired

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 11:35am by *.* CLEARLY the original
out right because of his lying on his application, and because of his ignoring policy on forcing religion on his employees.

Notice even his comment to the Citizen is a bunch of religious mumbo-jumbo. Just another Xtian who can't keep it to himself.

Really

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 10:23am by Exasperated
Really, so the superintendent would not disclose who the “aides” were, but someone else did. Not sure how many people are in his inner circle, but seem he has a rat that takes the cheese outside the “confidential” room. I guess John Dick got the “Head” he wanted.

3 down

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 8:37am by 666
About thirty more to go before the administration is right sized.

Smits: "Gentile did not profit from the use of the title CPA"

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 8:24am by Apples to apples
He was given a very lucrative 3 year job contract, by lying on his resume. Other candidates, who did not lie, were passed over. How is that "not profiting?" Mr. Porter, this is the advice your expensive lawyers are giving you? How can Dirk Smits and Scott Black be minding the school district legal issues when they personally are overseeing all of Vernis and Bowlings hundreds of BP claims? Check out the masthead of the Keynoter - every week.

Way to go Porter!!!!!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 8:24am by Sam Clemens
It appears someone is actually paying attention!! Way to go!

Three gone

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 7:57am by just ask me
Three top level, salary wise, admin employees are down the floor and out the door. Congrats to Supt Porter who found those things attached to his body that allows a person to make the tough decision. If I have the precedure correct, he recommends the chopping block to the School Board, they have the final say. It should be at least 4 to 1, the Capt, Capt with the Hat, the Dick and the Prin voting Yes with only the conch fed Robby, I'm sorry, with his foot in the mouth, voting NO, he needs those conch votes. The board could hire Stuart Kessler, he's always there and could do all three for the price of one. Just Sayin.

Really?

Submitted on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 12:47pm by Ocho
Hire Kessler? You do realize he was disbarred right? He likes to talk about law school and all those years practicing law but he usually fails to mention the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania said he can't do that stuff anymore. Sounds a lot like how Gentile is a "CPA"...

Some one without the drive

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 10:30am by george
Some one without the drive to get a regular job. Living off his teacher wife's salary is not someone we want into a district that is renowned for laziness.

Allen needed the boot!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 7:55am by Just Normal
This is proof positive that Mr. Porter knows what's going on in the school district already! Many employees have been afraid to blow the whistle on Cheryl Allen do to her unfair practices with employees due to her position. Apparently Porter can't be fooled! Bravo!

She was trying to run the

Submitted on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 10:33am by george
She was trying to run the district behind the scenes. Look how she was always interviewed Jara and Burke. She is the start and end of the nepotism cause she does have approval power

Oh, a religious nut!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 7:37am by Mac

So Gentile is a religious nut. Might've known.

When you see one of them coming, turn and run as fast as you can!

Signs of Life, Promise & Hope By Superintendent Mark Porter....

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 4:00am by Conrad
Lead, Follow or get Out of the Way. It's time Dr. Porter for you to make your mark. Reputable people have vouched for your integrity, wisdom and commitment to our Kids. Dr. Porter, we are here for you. The Board will not dare act against you. The taxpayers, parents and students have endured the incompetence and malfeasance of the school district and school board for years. Dr. Porter, press on, your back is covered. Stand tall for the sake of righteousness; you will not be abandoned.

Well done!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 2:59am by got beer?
Great news...Hopefully more cuts are on the way.

How exciting!

Submitted on Sat, 03/02/2013 - 2:20am by
My original hope that Porter would figure out what was going on here and make the necessary changes has been renewed! I am so excited to see what else is to come. It is time for the MCSD to support education and drop these non-working executives and replace them with competent hard working individuals that have a clue as to what they are there to do. Now, start working on the principals that are driving away the good teachers. We cannot afford to lose any more, they are the ones that actually do the educating and are completely overwhelmed by the oppressive, overbearing, non-academic Conchtocracy that is this pack of lower keys principals.
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