Should he stay or should he go...

If you look at the Board policy of the Lebanon Community School District, Code: CBRelative to the Superintendent it states in its entirety..



"The superintendent is the district's chief executive officer and has, under the Board's direction, general supervision of all district schools, personnel and departments. The superintendent is responsible for managing the schools under the Board's policies and is accountable to the Board for that management.



The superintendent may delegate to other district personnel any powers and duties imposed upon the superintendent by Board policies or by vote of the Board. Delegation of power or duty, however, will not relieve the superintendent of responsibility for action taken under such delegation."



Somewhere along the line, Mr. Robinson has crafted an interesting contract that would appear almost iron clad to the casual observer. It requires that he be physically renewed on three separate occasions during three different years in order to actually be non-renewed. It gives him unlimited power to manage staff and programs.



It has gone through a series of changes since he was hired, here are a couple of favorites....



1. One year the district did NOT pay his PERS, the next year the word "Not" was removed increasing his salary by 6% on top of the regular pay raise cost of living he got.



2. He convinced the board to let him live outside of the city and changed the contract to reflect it.



HOWEVER..... all is not lost.... There is one key word in the contract that makes all the difference. The superintendent can be fired outright with no buy out if the Board believes that there is enough "CAUSE" for a judge to uphold dismissal.



Apparently, the board knows they have cause, but Mr. Robinson has already told people that he has about 50K set aside just to launch a legal attack against dismissal and therefore the Board is concerned about the cost of a prolonged, protracted legal battle for the district.



I guess my thought is that the return of 500 or so students to the district would more than cover the cost of the legal proceedings...