You mentioned a few months ago that the super of the GC school district actually lives in Edwardsville. Can you provide any more info on that?
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Posted by Palin 2024 on September 11, 2021, 7:03 pm, in reply to "For Palin (local)"
Thanks for the fan mail.
You can see from Ms. Cann’s LinkedIn account (that’s a site for people with jobs), she self-identifies as a resident of Edwardsville.
I don’t know what details you seek beyond that, but I do encourage you to speak to people and use Google as a means of becoming informed on topics of the day.
Thanks for being such a dedicated reader you can quote me from “months” back.
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Posted by opinionated on September 11, 2021, 10:36 pm, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
I've heard this "rumor" and I certainly hope it's not true. If the school board is allowing someone who doesn't live here to make decisions for children, especially in these times, while paying that person $165,000 a year, I'd be disappointed.
I understand she actually bought a very small home somewhere in town but doesn't stay there and just keeps it as an investment.
Does she have children and if so, are they in GC schools? That would certainly be proof of this rumor.
The school board will soon be discussing the resident requirement policy and if they lift it, we'll know all we need to know and who is behind it. they did not fail, because they did what their country asked of them....
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Posted by Palin 2024 on September 11, 2021, 10:44 pm, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
Opie -
You’re on the ball.
Her kids are grown and she has no ties to the district other than her paycheck.
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Posted by opinionated on September 11, 2021, 10:46 pm, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
Well she doesn't look that old in all of the facebook videos Mrs. O shows me. She still has family in the district? they did not fail, because they did what their country asked of them....
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Posted by Palin 2024 on September 11, 2021, 10:58 pm, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
I’d ballpark her at 60.
She lived here for a period during her youth. Took her bachelor’s from SIUE. Was a teacher, principle elsewhere.
Maybe the rule that one has to live in Granite City has its place in some areas of public life.
But as for Granite City's lead educator, is it more important that they live in 62040 Zip Code (which pretty much also encompasses GCSD) or is it more important that the district hire the person who can best tend to the educational needs of GCSD?
I'd honestly not worry so much about where the top educated person lives, and worry more about what this person can do for the people in the classrooms.
One smart person who lives outside of Granite City could be fine, as long as they're helping to make the people within Granite City be educated... that will help make Granite City a better community...or make the future students able to afford to move elsewhere, we can't control that.
At the end of the day, the only control the taxpayers of Granite City have is the job description of the superintendent's job description and the ability to hire or remove her.
The remuneration is hers and hers to do with as she pleases.
Why would I support a residency requirement for city workers and not for the head educator?
For the skilled union positions of police and fire, there are more people to go around - and it's still likely to find many qualified people within the zip code.
For educators, you need the best person for the job. If you kept it within 62040 always, you may have a hard time filling some positions. This is not an indictment on Granite City; there are Granite City residents who also teach in other districts.
But if you said 'Granite City only' it would impede a principal at the 11th hour....when some teachers walk out of their contracts and take on other jobs.
Keep that residency requirement and then try to get someone who can teach physics or calculus...at the 11th hour or even some of the grade school needs too.
A residency requirement COULD (not saying it WOULD) truly keep the school from having the staffing it needs.
Again, it's not so much how the earned remuneration is spent by the educator....it's the effective performance of how that remuneration is spent that taxpayers should be worried about.
Capital Punishment - Those without capital get the punishment.
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Posted by opinionated on September 12, 2021, 7:31 am, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
Fair arguments Dee. Now tell me what she has done to improve test scores in this district. Has she solved truancy issues? No busses and cold lunches?
Outsiders won’t fix this district,
The control as you say does include job description. That job description apparently includes living here but again Until someone dispels the rumor that she doesn’t live here, it’s merely a rumor.they did not fail, because they did what their country asked of them....
Now her particular performance is a separate issue, and for that I have no opinion.
Metrics may or may not tell the story. I would personally compare those metrics to previous years and also take into account many other factors that may be beyond the school's purview to control.
If the issue is the residency requirement, I say it would be a bad idea to apply it to educators... because the needs are so specialized.
That's just my .002Capital Punishment - Those without capital get the punishment.
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Posted by opinionated on September 12, 2021, 2:45 pm, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
I would agree. I would hate to seal the fate of any school superintendent based on last year's Governor Pritzker fiasco.
I don't see educators being that specialized. Typically it appears that the person selected to be superintendent is based on factors that aren't really goal or accomplishment related. Let's be honest. Most move up to boost the pension or to finish their career with a resume bump.
I wish her well and good luck. they did not fail, because they did what their country asked of them....
Any more rumors if the GC super is now living in Granite or Edwardsville?
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Posted by opinionated on April 16, 2022, 4:18 pm, in reply to "Re: For Palin (local)"
I think she owns a home here and calls it her “she shack”. I doubt she lives here while her spouse lives in Betterville.they did not fail, because they did what their country asked of them....
on September 11, 2021, 3:16 pm