Monthly Archives: June 2008

Not so fast

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 30, 2008 | Comments closed
    Will it take SUSD longer than expected to reach contract terms with presumptive new superintendent Tony Amato?     Stay tuned.     And if so, who’s in charge when Jack McLaughlin retires after tonight’s meeting?     FYI — closed session at 6 p.m., public session at 6:30 (or later, if closed session drags on).
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Is it all about the money? (Updated)

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 26, 2008 | Comments closed
    A reader emailed me this morning wondering whether presumptive new superintendent Tony Amato’s desire to come to SUSD is “all about the money.” I suppose this might be in reference to Mr. Amato’s statement in today’s story that nothing is certain until he reaches a contract agreement with the district. The reader also reminded [...]
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It’s Amato

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 25, 2008 | Comments closed
   Anthony Amato was chosen tonight to be the next superintendent of SUSD — provided he and the school board can agree to terms on a contract. Provided that happens, the board will approve the contract at a special meeting at 6:30 Monday night, and trustee Anthony Silva says Amato will start his new job the [...]
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The latest …

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 24, 2008 | Comments closed
    The status of Stockton Unified’s superintendent search soap opera seems to change every few hours.  My latest information is that the school board MIGHT NOT vote at tonight’s board meeting to choose one of three finalists with whom to open contract negotiations.     Officials from the district’s two most vocal unions — the Stockton [...]
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Notes on Tuesday’s meeting

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 23, 2008 | Comments closed
    Some odds and ends concerning Tuesday night’s SUSD board meeting:     *Trustee Sal Ramirez is expected to be a disembodied presence. Ramirez said last week that he would be traveling to Armeria, Colima, Mexico, to tend to a personal matter. However, he said he plans to be available on his cellphone for all votes, whether [...]
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The All-Sports Clinic and the grand jury report

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 20, 2008 | Comments closed
    When the San Joaquin County grand jury released its report about SUSD two days ago, one finding was that $90,000 in School Safety and Violence Prevention Act funds were spent to finance a sports coaching clinic a year ago. As much as $5,000 went to some of the celebrity coaches who ran the event. [...]
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Joe Martin says Bill Ross is mentally ill

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 19, 2008 | Comments closed
    Would you like some evidence to dispute the argument that the controversial stories that get in print are only there because we’re trying to sell papers?     Here’s some: Yesterday, former SUSD athletics administrator Joe Martin told me repeatedly that he believes SUSD Trustee Bill Ross is mentally ill. And I did not put it [...]
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Grand jury report on SUSD (updated)

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 18, 2008 | Comments closed
   If you haven’t read the initial story on this, it’s here.    If you would like to read the grand jury report, it’s here.     An updated story on this is here.    Please se this blog as a forum for your thoughts, opinions, etc. on this story.    Just keep it clean.
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Helping a friend in need

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 16, 2008 | Comments closed
            Stockton Unified takes a lot of hits, but the district deserves much credit for recently helping out one of its own during a time of dire need.             Debbie Scott is a longtime office assistant at Weber Institute. Two months ago, her 34-year-old daughter, whose name was Heather, passed away after battling an infection for one month. In the end, [...]
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Update on Florida autistic boy

By Roger Phillips | Published: June 13, 2008 | Comments closed
    Remember the story a few weeks ago about 5-year-old Alex Barton, an autistic kid whose teacher allowed him to be voted out of his classroom by his fellow kindergarten students?     This update ran yesterday in a Florida newspaper.
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