Superintendent Carter

People in CUSD have asked what Superintendent Carter has done to deserve being placed on Administrative Leave. Here are just a few well documented reasons.

Top 10 reasons why Superintendent Carter must go

1) Carter secretly signed a 3-year contract providing him with a large salary increase at the same time he issued layoff notices to district teachers and classified personnel, then lied about signing the contract in the press.

2) Carter requested and was awarded by the old board a large salary increase for himself and his Deputy Superintendent Sherine Smith while asking parents to raise $1 million to fund teachers.

3) Records indicate Carter altered a Board-approved contract to insert a clause awarding himself $410,000 (18 months’ salary) in the event he is fired for any reason, without board approval.

4) Carter has failed to deliver a zero based budget, departmental budgets or organizational/personnel summaries – all basic requirements of his job and firm commitments he made when hired.

5) Carter and his staff entered into a tentative agreement with the teachers union without board authority.

6) Carter unilaterally cancelled a board approved 3-year boundary study contract without board authority.

7) Carter has failed to take any action after being notified 9 months ago that CUSD was in violation of Title 5 setbacks and the improper use of public funds to improve and maintain private property at San Juan Hills High School (SJHHS).

8) Carter has been negotiating with the developer/private property owner to purchase the SJHHS slope without the authorization or knowledge of the Board of Trustees.

9) Carter has failed to take any action after being notified 9 months ago that CUSD does not own the outfield portion of the ball field at SJHHS and has continued to use public monies to maintain it.

10) Carter has failed to deliver the district wide needs assessment, which is desperately needed to address problems with aging school facilities.

I will be posting my comments shortly, but I will say this - I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

EcoNews Websites

Here are some EcoNews websites I have found that I think are pretty good.

Mother Nature Network
Forecast Earth

More to come I am sure.