This would be an opportunity for Kriner Cash to improve in the one area he's failing. "In the field of public relations and employee morale." Even though it wouldn't save the job of a single teacher. The bonus wouldn't cover pay and benefits of not even one. If it did we wouldn't be laying so many of them off. It won't hurt him financially if he doesn't get the money. But if he refuses it, he will at least give the naysayers the perception that he understands what the average citizen is going through. Even though he doesn't and shouldn't anyway. A man making $275K yr. would hardly be living check to check. And I can understand why he wouldn't buy a house in Memphis. If many had their way he wouldn't have a job.
Why are we acting like the school budget is only $5M. They spend $42K on rubber bands. He is the superintendent of a very large urban school system. Being under constant scrutiny by either a apathetic, envious or uninformed citizenry. Is a very hard job. No sought after administrator with credentials is begging for a job. They always leave Memphis for more money than they made here. Kriner Cash is responsible for this city receiving over $100M. If we had to replace him if he left. Could we get a Michelle Rhee for the same price? In Kriner Cash we got a bargain.
John Aitkin:
ReplyDeletenative of West Helena, Ar. Math degree, (BSE) from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR. Master's degree (MSE) in Education and Administration Supervision from Memphis State University.
Taught advanced math and geometry from 1983 at collierville high school.(9 years) Assistant princil at Houston High.
Named administer of the year by the Tennessee Association of Student Council's (TASC), as well as Tenness's Principal of the Year by the state-wide Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA). Twice received the A.F. Bridges Principal of the Year Honor (1998 &2005-06) from the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) and was presented with the PTSA's Lifetime Membership Award during the 1994-95 school year.
Dr, Kriner Cash
Bachelor's degree in political science, Princeton, 1977; master's in administration and policy, Stanford, 1978; doctorate of education, University of Massachusetts, 1991.
Department chairman and assistant professor, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 1983-91; associate dean and assistant professor, Howard University, 1993-95; suprintendent, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) Public Schools, 1995-2004, Chief of accountability and systemwide performance for Miama-Dade County (FLA.) Public schools.
There are the two resumes, side by side. Which one, on a national scale, would be most likely to get the job of superintendent of a large, 150,000, urban school system?
Atkin has a nice resume, awash with honors, but all local or just statewide. His formal education is weak also when considering such a position. The schools he attended are good schools, however they have no national ranking.
Kriner Cash, the right credentials, the right schools, the right previous positions, all with national rankings.
Condolences to Kriner Cash and his family on the loss of their wife and mother(Lisa Cash).
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