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Thank you Fenceman. Patientman, here is an appropriate hypothetical for you:

Any person can do the absolute least possible and not do anything "wrong". I expected more than doing the least possible for all our employees. Doing the least possible is not a cause for dismissal. If the leader does the least possible, what do you think the people under the leader will do? If you fire a person for doing the least possible within their contract but they are abiding by the contract would you lose in court for firing them, have to pay lawyers, and still have to pay the rest of the contractually obligated salary and benefits? I believe you would agree that this is in fact not a false argument but one that any lawyer would easily defend for their client.

In this hypothetical situation, I would rather pay the least and have someone take over who is going to give 100% rather than have a situation as proposed in my hypothetical situation. Do you know what would prevent any employee from doing the least possible? Exactly what I proposed prior to the extension, a review of the employee and a stated set of goals. If there was a review of an employee and an area was found to be lacking, they could be given instructions to improve that area. If an employee agrees to a specific set of goals and does not attain the goals they can be removed as an employee for cause. Patientman, this is a hypothetical situation and any resemblance to any situation in Warwick is purely coincidental.

Generally speaking, In my opinion, what would have been a waste of taxpayer money would be not having a person willing to put together a budget to present to the Mayor and city council and a person who is able to navigate the jr high school closure situation. I would always want someone proactive instead of reactive. I waited years for the short term and long term planning committees to meet and make a decision and that is the responsibility of the superintendent. I found out about the mentoring situation after it happened not before in the newspaper. I found communication to be lacking from administration and it is ultimately the responsibility of the person at the top to communicate with the school committee as the school committee is not allowed to be involved in the day to day activities of the schools. Of course, I am speaking generally and I would expect the new superintendent to take a strong leadership stance or be removed by the current school committee.

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