I caught Marvin Bartlett on WDKY TVs 10PM newscast last night and wasn't sure I heard the story correctly.State board of education member, Rev. C. B. Akins, was defending the board's choice of Barbara Erwin and was encouraging Kentuckians to "get in there and go to work with her."
And then, responding to critics of the process (moi?) I suppose, he said, "If they know some perfect people who would be candidates for the job, we'd be interested in interviewing them, but until Jesus comes back, I doubt that we're going to find one."
Huh? Did he just compare Erwin to Jesus Christ? Thankfully, in his comparison, Jesus won.
But the issue isn't whether Erwin is perfect. That's settled.
The issue isn't whether Erwin can withstand criticism. She's a veteran.
The issue is whether the state board of education outsourced their responsibilities for due diligence in considering candidates for this important position. And if they didn't, why was the chairman surprised to learn about it?
Marvin helped me locate the video on WKYT's site; they share news reporting with Fox. The 5AM WKTY TV newscast with Barbara Bailey and Bill Bryant reran the video. It runs a little over a minute and starts @ the 19:22 mark. (move the slide and watch the time stamp change)
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Where there is smoke there is fire. After reviewing Ms. Erwin's resume, I noted a few things: How is it that she didn't get her degree until 1972, but started teaching in 1971? I'm guessing that it doesn't look so good, that she has actually only taught one year in her whole life! Also, it is interesting that she was on the AASA Executive Board from 1991 to 2001, but did not become a school superintendent until 1991. According to AASA website, the executive board is elected or nominated. Pretty impressive for a novice. Most interesting is that she is a member of Kappa Delta Phi. What is that?? A fraternity on the east coast of the US. I'm wondering if she meant to put Phi Betta Kappa or some other recognized honorary society?
If someone had the time, it would be very interesting to look for more "typos."
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