Power Struggle Continues at Jay School Board
"Help Wanted: Assistant Athletic Superintendent, salary $30,000 per year, to work 10 and a half hours a week, duties murky…if you find them not to your liking, you may disregard them. If you don't like your new custom made job description, you may quit.
Hours 8:30-noon Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Reports to Jay School Board."
The Jay Board of Education held a special meeting at noon Friday, with Chairman Tom Dick absent, with most of the discussion centering around the employment of Charles Cooper as an administrative assistant, approved by the Board in June. However, the board voted to amend the previously approved minutes to read "part-time athletic administrative assistant" by a vote of 3-1, then approved a Job Description which the Board had directed School Superintendent David Schachle to write, with a few changes. Cooper was hired in June without a job description.
Schachle pointed out to the Board that "you are writing a job description for Cooper when you should be writing a job description for the position." Schachle also pointed out that a full-time beginning teacher working a full week makes $31,000 and those working an 18 hour week make $11,000. Actually, three different job descriptions had been written for Cooper including one written by Schachle which had found its way to Cooper through an unknown person. In one of the job descriptions Cooper was "to come to work at his own discretion."
"I could use him from 8:30 to 3:30 every weekday," Schachle told the Board.
The meeting got off to a rousing start with Item #3, "Discussion with possible board action concerning the employment of David Schachle as superintendent of schools," placed on the Agenda by Board member Steve Lane.
"We are not going to have discussion on this item," said Charles Walker, who then made a motion to table the item without discussion, which passed 3-1. Lane then made a motion to re-employ Schachle until the end of his contract which was ignored and died for lack of a second.
The Board then voted 3-1 to change the minutes of a June board meeting, minutes which had been previously approved by vote. Lane and Schachle advised that this action was not legal but Walker insisted it was, quoting board attorney John Mayer. A member of the audience objected and Walker stood up and pointed his finger at the woman and said "you are out of order."The change in minutes provided for Cooper's employment as a part-time athletic assistant superintendent rather than full time assistant superintendent.
"This isn't about Cooper, it's about the position. We need to know if he will be here to work or not," Schachle said. "I could take three days and have his entire job description duties done," he added.
"If he doesn't like this job description he may just quit," said member Warren Shackleford, referring to Cooper.
One source said Cooper does not live in Jay or Delaware County and it takes him an hour to get to work. He is a former coach. He was hired by the Board, not Schachle.
The Board agreed to table whether or not to use a search firm to find a replacement for Schachle, since Chairman Tom Dick was absent. Lane said the search could cost as much as $10,000, money which could be used elsewhere in the school system.
Last May Schachle was pressured to resign by the school board and since then Jay citizens have been up in arms over the decision. His resignation was made effective June 30, 2007. No board members have ever publicly stated the reason for wanting Schachle out. (see story, June 2, 2006 issue). He was told by Board members to not say anything about his "firing" and in June the Board decided to hire an administrative assistant for him. This apparently has not worked out, since the person they chose, Cooper, didn't want to do the duties required of the position. "Cooper doesn't want to do anything," Schachle told the board.
At every meeting since, citizens have stood up to praise Schachle and no negative comments have been noted regarding the superintendent.
Hours 8:30-noon Monday, Wednesday, Friday. Reports to Jay School Board."
The Jay Board of Education held a special meeting at noon Friday, with Chairman Tom Dick absent, with most of the discussion centering around the employment of Charles Cooper as an administrative assistant, approved by the Board in June. However, the board voted to amend the previously approved minutes to read "part-time athletic administrative assistant" by a vote of 3-1, then approved a Job Description which the Board had directed School Superintendent David Schachle to write, with a few changes. Cooper was hired in June without a job description.
Schachle pointed out to the Board that "you are writing a job description for Cooper when you should be writing a job description for the position." Schachle also pointed out that a full-time beginning teacher working a full week makes $31,000 and those working an 18 hour week make $11,000. Actually, three different job descriptions had been written for Cooper including one written by Schachle which had found its way to Cooper through an unknown person. In one of the job descriptions Cooper was "to come to work at his own discretion."
"I could use him from 8:30 to 3:30 every weekday," Schachle told the Board.
The meeting got off to a rousing start with Item #3, "Discussion with possible board action concerning the employment of David Schachle as superintendent of schools," placed on the Agenda by Board member Steve Lane.
"We are not going to have discussion on this item," said Charles Walker, who then made a motion to table the item without discussion, which passed 3-1. Lane then made a motion to re-employ Schachle until the end of his contract which was ignored and died for lack of a second.
The Board then voted 3-1 to change the minutes of a June board meeting, minutes which had been previously approved by vote. Lane and Schachle advised that this action was not legal but Walker insisted it was, quoting board attorney John Mayer. A member of the audience objected and Walker stood up and pointed his finger at the woman and said "you are out of order."The change in minutes provided for Cooper's employment as a part-time athletic assistant superintendent rather than full time assistant superintendent.
"This isn't about Cooper, it's about the position. We need to know if he will be here to work or not," Schachle said. "I could take three days and have his entire job description duties done," he added.
"If he doesn't like this job description he may just quit," said member Warren Shackleford, referring to Cooper.
One source said Cooper does not live in Jay or Delaware County and it takes him an hour to get to work. He is a former coach. He was hired by the Board, not Schachle.
The Board agreed to table whether or not to use a search firm to find a replacement for Schachle, since Chairman Tom Dick was absent. Lane said the search could cost as much as $10,000, money which could be used elsewhere in the school system.
Last May Schachle was pressured to resign by the school board and since then Jay citizens have been up in arms over the decision. His resignation was made effective June 30, 2007. No board members have ever publicly stated the reason for wanting Schachle out. (see story, June 2, 2006 issue). He was told by Board members to not say anything about his "firing" and in June the Board decided to hire an administrative assistant for him. This apparently has not worked out, since the person they chose, Cooper, didn't want to do the duties required of the position. "Cooper doesn't want to do anything," Schachle told the board.
At every meeting since, citizens have stood up to praise Schachle and no negative comments have been noted regarding the superintendent.
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Let's do the math here. 3 days per week at 3.5 hours per day.. That equals 10.5 hours per week. 36 weeks in school year.. that equals 378 hours.. $30,000 for 378 hours...that's $79.36 per hour.. If you worked a normal 2080 hours during the year, that would be $ 165,079 annually. Not bad.. Taxpayers,where is our District Attorney when we need him!!!!!!
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