Last week:

• A job posting for a new CFO position in the district has disappeared from the district website. It’s not clear if the position has been filled or removed (this would be a new position created in our district).
• There’s a posted job opening for a Library Media Specialist at the high school. This was Sara Lee’s position before Witt eliminated that in January (temporarily, it seems).
• In a complete 180 from public comments made to teachers in the schools in early March, the district announced it would participate in the statewide free lunch program funded by proposition FF, passed by voters last fall.
• A good article on conflict around SEL programs elsewhere can be read here.
• We received, through CORA, a list of grants the district has received for this school year, as well as some inside information in an email exchange about some grants Witt chose not to pursue for this year.
• A reminder about the religious influence on school board elections previously…we expect more of the same this year.
• Quite a few good letters to the editor this week.
• The district lost a ‘show cause’ hearing regarding a CORA request for video evidence of a board Open Meetings violation. Unknown if the board will choose to appeal.
• We discovered that Witt has modified policy KDDA, regarding terminating employment of support staff.
• The district will be providing transportation services to Merit Academy students, though it’s not clear if Merit will have to pay for this service. We’re turning to CORA to learn more.
• We’re already learning about a large number of teachers and staff leaving the district.
• We summarized many ways in which the board and Witt are not being transparent, ‘operating in the shadows‘ as we called it.

Here’s what’s coming up this week:

• With the district on spring break, we expect little public activity.