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Is Culpeper superintendent on his way out? Date published: 6/28/2008
BY DONNIE JOHNSTON
David Cox is out as superintendent of Culpeper County's public schools. School Board Chairman George Dasher made the announcement last night during the School Board's annual summer retreat at Graves Mountain Lodge. Dasher said that Cox, 46, will take a one-year sabbatical--effective immediately--during which he will do unspecified consulting work for the School Board. After June 30 of next year, he will resign. While no official action was taken until last night, sources said that last week, following his yearly evaluation, Cox was told there were enough votes to remove him unless he resigned. It is unclear why the superintendent fell out of favor with the board. Under a negotiated agreement, Dasher said, the School Board will pay the superintendent his full salary plus benefits next year and for the remaining two years of his four-year contract, unless Cox takes another job before June 30, 2011. Cox's $130,000-plus yearly salary and an annual 12 percent tax-sheltered annuity could add up to almost a half-million dollars at a time when the school system is so strapped that teachers got no raises this year. Cox's contract has no buyout clause. The unfolding situation with Cox became evident Dasher confirmed last night that Lacy, who according to Beard's motion is "known for his expertise in school law," has been acting this week as the board's negotiator. Attorney Craig Wood represented Cox. Beard, Rusty Jenkins, Anne Luckinbill and Jimmy Lee voted for hiring Lacy, while Dasher, Elizabeth Hutchins and Leanne Jenkins voted against it. Rusty Jenkins, Luckinbill and Lee are new members who took office Jan. 1. At Monday's meeting, Leanne Jenkins, who along with Hutchins and Beard was on the board that gave Cox the long-term contract, voiced surprise that Lacy had already been contacted. "[Ms. Jenkins] said she [was] confused how the Board functions because
i understand Jerry Hill will be gone by start of school this year
Does Spotsylvania have nice schools? Yes. Good teachers? Yes Safe schools? Yes Good benefits to employees (bus drivers even have benefits other than straight wage)? Yes. All in all a good school system. Right? So tell me why Hill should be fired if all this is done with a backwater tax rate and a BOS that undermines him at every turn? Seriously, a tax rate less than 30 percent less than other localities and you still get good schools? Would you be typing these things if he grew up in Mineral?
was a good superintendent who didn't deserve this treatment by a bunch of new board members who don't have a clue. I'm glad he's getting his money.
Jerry financially rapes the taxpayers for his $260,000 salary (yes he got another $25,000 raise this year) and dares tell us that the "schools" need more money? That "education" suffers with "full funding"? Code-speak for unchecked liberal waste of my personal tax dollars. The founding fathers would have never tolerated this fleecing of America by so-called a "education" system!! It's a system of self-perpetuating fat cats and we dumb voters keep feeding the fat cats every year with more and more! STOP!
Please Spotsylvanin learn by this and send Mr Hill who only cares about his self , our schools would be better off with no one in office then to have MR God Hill
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