Comments on: Morning Metro: Superintendent’s Contract Renewed, Decatur Loves Booze, and the Beauty of Maps

By: DEM

DEM — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:49:15 +0000

Have to agree, the $5 grand is something like a 2.7% base raise for her, which is no big deal. And this is coming from someone who regards most public employees as drastically overpaid. Compared to the string of DeKalb supers, of course, Edwards is a pauper. Which says a lot more about DeKalb’s runaway compensation than it does about Edwards.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:39:43 +0000

I’m not a fan of bonuses in public positions. You should be doing your best for the citizens for whom you work at the good salary and benefits you earn, without extra incentives. Plus top level officials always get their bonuses, unless they are about to be fired, so often they are just like a salary, not an incentive or reward.

By: James

James — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:48:58 +0000

What Dr. Edwards did with the bonus was admirable and the right thing to do. I disagree with the Board even giving the option for a bonus in the first place. That money should go to educational needs in the system from the very beginning.

My biggest concern is with the raise of $5,000. How can that be justified to students and parents? We have faced cuts to programs, resources, paraprofessionals, etc. in the last several years, yet manage to give a raise to the superintendent? It doesn’t matter how good of a job she is doing, it sends the wrong message.

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:15:01 +0000

And others have boycotted because they were snark attacked for bringing up concerns. You have to be hardy to read and post on blogs. Luckily the new information to spitefulness ratio on this blog is high.

I commend any leader that gives up a bonus to benefit frontline staff. It shows an understanding of how to lead and earn staff loyalty and commitment.

By: RScott

RScott — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:53:25 +0000

But the $75 bonus was from the Supt’s $18,000 bonus that she deferred, right? Wasn’t that an admirable thing to do in the current economic situation? What do you guys expect?

As said before by others who have eventually boycotted this blog, the **** people will find to complain about.