Wednesday, October 01, 2008
News
MASB advises re-vote of Corunna board's superintendent selection
By GARY WEBSTER Argus-Press Education Editor
CORUNNA - Mark Miller's selection as superintendent of Corunna Public Schools has been set aside pending a re-vote during a special 7 p.m. board meeting Thursday in the media center of Corunna High School.
Miller was picked to succeed John Smith on a 4-3 paper vote and a subsequent 5-2 verbal vote at the Sept. 24 board meeting.
Michigan Association of School Boards lawyers have reportedly determined that the paper vote conducted by MASB field services director Carl Hartman was a violation of Michigan's Open Meetings Act because it was not revealed which board members - Frank Vyskocil, Tom Terry, Linda LeCureux, Brenda Walworth, Maureen Stanley, Gary Bendall and Jim Lockwood - voted for Miller and which voted for Kevin Murphy.
The follow-up voice vote found Vyskocil and Walworth favoring Murphy, with one of the paper-ballot voters apparently switching from Murphy to Miller.
Miller, superintendent of Byron Public Schools for 11 years and a past teacher/administrator for Corunna schools, accepted the CPS superintendent's position Sept. 25 and a tentative contract agreement was reached prior to the MASB advisement of Thursday's re-vote.
Also on Thursday's special meeting agenda is discussion of the superintendent's salary.
Murphy, a graduate of Durand High School, is principal at Rogers Lane Elementary School in Wyoming, Mich.
Smith, whose last day on the job was Tuesday, was superintendent of Corunna Public Schools for 13 years. He announced his retirement at the regular June board meeting.
Miller was picked to succeed John Smith on a 4-3 paper vote and a subsequent 5-2 verbal vote at the Sept. 24 board meeting.
Michigan Association of School Boards lawyers have reportedly determined that the paper vote conducted by MASB field services director Carl Hartman was a violation of Michigan's Open Meetings Act because it was not revealed which board members - Frank Vyskocil, Tom Terry, Linda LeCureux, Brenda Walworth, Maureen Stanley, Gary Bendall and Jim Lockwood - voted for Miller and which voted for Kevin Murphy.
The follow-up voice vote found Vyskocil and Walworth favoring Murphy, with one of the paper-ballot voters apparently switching from Murphy to Miller.
Miller, superintendent of Byron Public Schools for 11 years and a past teacher/administrator for Corunna schools, accepted the CPS superintendent's position Sept. 25 and a tentative contract agreement was reached prior to the MASB advisement of Thursday's re-vote.
Also on Thursday's special meeting agenda is discussion of the superintendent's salary.
Murphy, a graduate of Durand High School, is principal at Rogers Lane Elementary School in Wyoming, Mich.
Smith, whose last day on the job was Tuesday, was superintendent of Corunna Public Schools for 13 years. He announced his retirement at the regular June board meeting.