By Antonio D. French
Filed Saturday, July 15, 2006 at 12:25 AM
Former Superintendent Creg Williams told Channel 4 reporter Anne Steffens that he resigned today after talking to his family and close friends. He said he was not fired or forced out as has been reported. After saying as recently as yesterday that he would not resign, Williams told Steffens that he felt that the new board deserved the opportunity to select their own superintendent. Labels: Schools
Click here to see Steffens' interview.
Click here to watch Mayor Francis Slay's press conference.
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6 Comments:
He was forced out and everyone know it. It is probably part of the settlement agreement that he has to say this. But we all know the score.
So much for the truth in advertising by Purdy, Downs, Jones and o'Brien that they would open the process to the public, to parents and teachers. They went behind closed doors and selected the Super without any input from the public. And they must have done it several weeks or months ago, which is how we got Bourisaw.
7/15/2006 6:42 AM
Williams said he quit. Why is Francis Glay and the media saying he was fired?
Making up the news again, I guess.
7/15/2006 10:00 AM
Creg Williams was forced out! As a parent of a SLPS special education student, my son and I have been to hell and back in the last 2 years. I have lost all confidence in this system. Creg Williams was our only hope!
7/15/2006 10:02 AM
The difference between being forced out and quiting in this case appears to be a letter of the law, not the spirit.
7/15/2006 1:27 PM
Antonio, your defense of the indefensible is puny and feeble.
7/15/2006 6:17 PM
Southsider, do you EVER read before you write?
I offered no defense for yesterday's action. In this post I reported what Williams' take on the situation was. I posted my take on the situation in the comments section of my Schools Watch post (http://www.pubdef.net/slswatch/2006/07/williams-says-he-was-not-forced-out.html).
There I wrote in response to a post by Travis Reems:
O'Brien's "secret plan" aside, this should not have gone down like this.
And the two missing ingredients to the "rest assured" strategy are: (1) trust, which does not exist between the general public and the St. Louis Public Schools, and (2) a mandate, which a board majority elected by roughly 6% of the city's registered voters does not have.
And please spare us all the "for the children" cliché. Every single thing that has ever been done in SLPS -- from the good to the bad to the downright evil -- has been done "for the children."
7/15/2006 6:46 PM
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