The St. Charles school board should ratify embattled Superintendent Barbara Erwin’s contract extension because the board has operated for two years under the assumption that it is legal.
Not ratifying the extension could open a Pandora’s box of legal questions and create an even bigger mess than exists now.
...We still are curious about how not a single school board member noticed that the contract apparently never had been voted on in public.
Comments from school board member Karla Ray intensify our questions. Ray told a reporter Wednesday that the recording of the closed-door session reflects a “blatant intent to not be open with the public on what they’re paying their superintendent.”
The public needs to know what was said in that closed meeting. Barsanti this week should receive meeting minutes, closed-session recordings, and other information about the contract extension. Barsanti has offered no timeline on his investigation.
...The board should acknowledge that it made an error, ratify the contract and get on with the business of the district. The board’s sloppiness comes at a cost to taxpayers, but the board needs to accept this and move on.
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But not every St Charles taxpayer is satisfied with the solution offered.
Grampywatches wrote:
" "The board’s sloppiness comes at a cost to taxpayers, but the board needs to accept this and move on." We do NOT let these people represent OUR best interests to be "sloppy". This is an illegal contract and should be labeled same. What is the thinking behind "it will cost the taxpayers.. but who cares..." attitude? Since when is 'the intention' the call of the local newspaper that never reported the problem to begin with?? "
AreYouKiddingMe:
" What about the "sloppiness" that this superintendent is leaving behind for a new superintendent to fix. Erwin chose to retire, chose to move on to Kentucky, chose not to divulge contract dates until it was confirmed through Kentucy and chose to misrepresent herself. I am one of those taxpayers and June 30 is time to say good-bye without her receiving one more dime from this district. We have paid enough for her travel expenses, working outside of the district at Aurora University for that higher learning teaching she was going to do when she retired. Well guess what, that had been going on while employed by CUSD 303 during a time when there were pressing issues that needed her attention while she prepped to teach graduate classes. This is not the board's fault...they are trying to now look out for the best interests of the students and taxpayers of this district and for anyone to say that Erwin deserves to be compensated at this point is an insult to this community. It's her own fault if she didn't get it in writing in the proper fashion - but then again we have seen the outcome of some of the other contracts she has been responsible for so it shouldn't come as a surprise. "
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