Your bullet point recap of the numbers is astounding. So we all know that Horton and his CFO, Obefami, were crooked as the day is long but where is the CFO's support staff and do they still work for the district? The board always talks about trying to find out who was accountable but we never get answers. Given they were "lied" to (inser…
Your bullet point recap of the numbers is astounding. So we all know that Horton and his CFO, Obefami, were crooked as the day is long but where is the CFO's support staff and do they still work for the district? The board always talks about trying to find out who was accountable but we never get answers. Given they were "lied" to (insert eyeroll) with false numbers, I would think they would be very curious. Then what happened the next year under Turner's control? That is the year we didn't have a CFO but someone had to pull the report. It's mind boggling the lack of basic math. I would suggest that anyone in the community with CFO expertise volunteer to help but they hired Grossi to do that and they aren't listening to him. OMG.
P.S. Is anyone writing a screenplay about this? Ha. The movie Bad Education on HBO, starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janey, is about a corrupt superintendent in NY. The screenplay writer was a former student in that district. It is definitely worth a watch.
This is why Secret Superintendent Search 2.0 was so egregious. If we had a competent board--or one with any semblance of responsibility or shame, they would have said last year: "We messed up with hiring Horton. We didn't think that his lack of experience or the fact that he couldn't keep his personal finances straight would impact his job performance. This time we are going back to precedent by having a public, open search and we are going to prioritize bringing in candidates with a proven track record in managing a district turnaround."
Of course they did the opposite: another closed search that wound up hiring another inexperienced person with a problematic record (e.g. "Do Not Hire" Turner).
Your bullet point recap of the numbers is astounding. So we all know that Horton and his CFO, Obefami, were crooked as the day is long but where is the CFO's support staff and do they still work for the district? The board always talks about trying to find out who was accountable but we never get answers. Given they were "lied" to (insert eyeroll) with false numbers, I would think they would be very curious. Then what happened the next year under Turner's control? That is the year we didn't have a CFO but someone had to pull the report. It's mind boggling the lack of basic math. I would suggest that anyone in the community with CFO expertise volunteer to help but they hired Grossi to do that and they aren't listening to him. OMG.
P.S. Is anyone writing a screenplay about this? Ha. The movie Bad Education on HBO, starring Hugh Jackman and Allison Janey, is about a corrupt superintendent in NY. The screenplay writer was a former student in that district. It is definitely worth a watch.
This is why Secret Superintendent Search 2.0 was so egregious. If we had a competent board--or one with any semblance of responsibility or shame, they would have said last year: "We messed up with hiring Horton. We didn't think that his lack of experience or the fact that he couldn't keep his personal finances straight would impact his job performance. This time we are going back to precedent by having a public, open search and we are going to prioritize bringing in candidates with a proven track record in managing a district turnaround."
Of course they did the opposite: another closed search that wound up hiring another inexperienced person with a problematic record (e.g. "Do Not Hire" Turner).