The Bayou
Friday, November 13, 2009

The Bayou Question of the Day: BISD Board member asks, "what are we doing here?"

It never stops.

A few weeks back, we opined that the BISD Board has finally grown some stones when they rejected a few of "Doc" Thomas's personnel suggestions. Who were they? At the time, no one knew. It was a closed session. Those names are now out.

"At the October board meeting, a majority of board members rejected Thomas' recommendations which included Robert Zingelmann for the director of business finance and Ted Stuberfield for the principal position at Smith Middle School. Thomas refused to separate the recommendations, so a majority board members voted against the measure then."

Last night, the Board convened to -- again -- discuss these empty positions. Thomas has had a month to come up with new names. He must have submitted some fresh ones, right? In a move that proves his Herculean level of incompetence OR his grotesque lack of respect for the Board, Thomas went back to his "bosses" and recommended the EXACT SAME candidates they already rejected, refusing -- AGAIN -- to separate the two.

Thomas, who's paid $300K+ to be an administrator, can't -- or won't -- do what he's freakin' paid to do! Did the Board reject them again, sending Thomas a message that they cannot be manipulated? Um, no.

"(Board member Terry) Williams asked Thomas to separate the recommendations saying that he was only against one recommendation, but would vote no for all if necessary. Thomas simply replied that these were his recommendations. When five board members approved the measure, Williams was incensed." What Thomas wants, he gets. That's why he doesn't do his job; the Board doesn't REALLY make him. Well, one member had enough.

Last night, the Enterprise reporter who covers the BISD hung around after the meeting and watched Williams explode.

Said Williams: "Here again, what are we doing here?"

Is that a rhetorical question? Beats us, Terry. We'll take a flyer. You're there to rubber stamp everything that King Thomas wants to do. Are we close? Certainly seems that way.

Williams again: "You're going to sit here and give it to him knowing that we told him no last time. He (doesn't) need a board."

Oh yes his does. He can't very well pay himself, now can he? No wonder they prefer those closed sessions.

Out in the open, we can all see that there is only one man behind the curtain. And he really does run everything.


5 Gator-baiters:
LOL :) said...
Mr. Terry Williams is the wrong man for the job. Why cant Mr. Williams say what he got to say in the public meetings? Why wait till its over? If a congressmen can interupt the President of the USA why cant Mr. Williams grow some and represent the people who elected him and say what he got to say do what he got to do and make sh*t happen!
November 13, 2009 10:03 AM

SETMediaMonitor said...
First, Dan, this latest post proves just how little you now about BISD. How long have you been here? Two years tops. Who knows, maybe longer. Regardless, Terry Williams is Carrol Thomas' bitch. That whole show last night was just that, "a show." If you think for one minute that Terry Williams would ever say anything against Carrol Thomas that wasn't planned you are nuts. Yeah, your reporter was there, so was Ashley from Channel 6, Jerry Jordan and some other reporter. Big deal. They are reporters. They are supposed to be there. The fact of the matter is the whole thing was a charade. Thomas knew he couldn't recommend Naomi Lee for the job because the whole community would go insane. That little staged production last night was their way of saving face. Dan, you really should try to learn more about the board's inner-most workings before trying to write an analytical piece proclaiming Terry Williams as the "rebel", who stands up to Thomas — nothing could be further from the truth. Honestly, you should be embarrassed for suggesting that Terry Williams could even come up with such a protest on his own. Dan, sometimes, I laugh at your comments for their wit and pithiness but this time, I am laughing because you don't know what you are talking about and it makes you look stupid.
November 13, 2009 10:15 AM

Anonymous said..
. Jessie Haynes just twisted off to the entire staff of BISD using district email. More details on the blog about 'BISD mess' under Buford said...
November 13, 2009 11:34 AM

Organ Grinder said...
Please FBI. Come rescue us from this Monkey show.
November 13, 2009 12:57 PM

Bob said...
And now they all get in their rented vans (our money)loaded with party decorations (our money) and head to their big event in Indy. Since CT is being inaugurated as the national president of NABSE he is using his staff of PHDs and Master degrees to drive up there and decorate the tables for his big party. What a wonderful use of our district resources. Why isn't anyone reporting the district dollars being spent on this stupidity that has everything to do with King Carrol and nothing to do with the district?