School board votes to hire Strickler as superintendent for Columbia schools
In a 6-3 vote Thursday night, the Columbia Borough School Board voted to hire Thomas Strickler as superintendent, effective January 1, 2018.
Following is the tally of votes on the motion to approve the hiring of Strickler as district superintendent, with a 3-year contract at a salary of $102,100, subject to compliance with all PDE requirements, and conditioned upon execution of a written contract approved by the district solicitor:
Kedney - yes
Schwert-yes
Combs-yes
Anspach-yes
Ford-yes
Knighton-yes
Hohenadel-no
Leader-no
Geesey-no
MORE TO FOLLOW
Following is the tally of votes on the motion to approve the hiring of Strickler as district superintendent, with a 3-year contract at a salary of $102,100, subject to compliance with all PDE requirements, and conditioned upon execution of a written contract approved by the district solicitor:
Kedney - yes
Schwert-yes
Combs-yes
Anspach-yes
Ford-yes
Knighton-yes
Hohenadel-no
Leader-no
Geesey-no
MORE TO FOLLOW
Comments
Kedney and Ford voted yes...am a bit surprised and disappointed but given the circumstances of each of their votes I should not be surprised.
Neither was elected to the board ...they were appointed.
I deeply appreciated and was totally surprised by Ms. Geesey's "No" vote. I gained new respect for her tonight.
True colors are showing.
Powell had to go or else there was no need for a DOO position. I am of the opinion that she was pushed out. When Strickler was hired as DOO he was being groomed for the superintendent position.
Thank you for your service, your integrity and your honesty.
Being members of this board must be particularly difficult for honest people.
If a taxpayer purchased a material item for $3,000, they would have expectations that the item would function properly. They surely would return it if it did not function properly and demand a refund.
Why would anyone blindly hand over thousands of dollars to the school district and let them play with it without question?
How many weeks or in some cases months, does someone have to work to pay their property taxes? Come on people, stop giving your money away.
The search begins for something that they forgot to cover up.
Past school district board members or administrators may be able to help.
Tonights vote is NOT the end of this!
As Mr. Resch was leaving the podium, an audience member said "Run" (for a school board seat), there are over ten thousand residents in this Borough dude. Even if we "Run," we will not ALL get a seat, physically impossible.
That's the equivalent of saying if you disagree, shut up, unless you "Run."
Free speech and transparency...Demand it!
Remember some of the board members were appointed, not elected by the people.
How did they allow this to happen? There may well have been a qualified candidate that wanted a crack at this job, so why wasn't this position put out to the public? Interviews for a superintendent should have been held at public meetings.
Mr. Pedro Rivera
Pa. Department of Education
333 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pa 17126
Contact your State Representative and State Senator and ask them to contact Mr Rivera.
This travesty must be halted before his special certificate is issued.
Schwert-yes
Combs-yes
Anspach-yes
Ford-yes
Knighton-yes
Meet Tommy Boy's YES Friends. I just can't understand how this 6 pack can be influenced by such a geek. Feel sad for the entire community....except the six pack above.
These 6 board members will be giving a yes vote to anything that Strickler chooses to do...in other words, he will have no superior and no one will be evaluating him, except his super six.
If Strickler gets special certification, It must be understood that he, and he alone, will be choosing all new teachers and all new administrators for a three year period.
He who is not legally permitted to teach in the State, will be evaluating all teachers and administrators.
Time to man up Columbia people.....stop this at the State level. We are better than this !!!!