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May 29, 2008 Update:

While elementary-school teacher ratios decline through attrition cuts, Nola Wellman just spent $500,000 on a "vision" of "initiatives that support rigorous, engaging instruction and professional development of the highest quality for staff" to make Eanes a "world class school district." This is educationese for central office administrators, including a "Coordinator of Performance Improvement" and a "Coordinator of Math and Science."

$500,000 would fund 12-and-a-half teacher salaries.
May 2008

     Our class sizes are expanding.

Meanwhile, Eanes ISD athletics remains fully funded with the best of everything including new turf in the high school football stadium and two high school athletic practice fields. 

The district's priority remains clear.

 Eanes ISD is presently spending millions of dollars on new (not core) high school classes and expensive related equipment ... film lab, film teacher, video truck, garage for video trucks and more.  Many of us wonder ... will the Chap Club and athletic program benefit from this new film course?    Think  ... games, broadcasting, selling videos, Chap Club fundraising.  We know that the Jumbotron is a now a money-maker for the Chap Club.  Remember, according to district leadership, the Jumbotron was supposed to "pay for itself" and then fund teachers.  What's next?

Administrators are traveling to exciting places, staying in gorgeous hotels, and playing golf.

The district is creating more new Central Administration positions while claiming that it needs more donations just to keep teachers in the classroom.

In April 2008, KeepEanesInformed asked:   

While teachers are cut and class sizes increase,

why are we hiring so many new central administrative positions?

How many administrative positions have been added by Nola Wellman since 2004?

Many community members are discussing the apparent rise of central administration positions and pay in Eanes ISD.   Are the total expenditures (and positions) for central administration on the rise in Eanes ISD?

This issue will be discussed in closed session during the upcoming May 12, 2008 board meeting.  I recommend that the Eanes ISD board ask the Eanes ISD central administration to create a spreadsheet showing the central administration positions and expenditures by year for the last five years and share that report with the public.

 May 10, 2008

The Eanes board posts the following closed session agenda item for May 12, 2008 meeting:  

Tex. Gov. Code 551.074 Personnel Matters Deliberate and Discuss Central Office Administrative Positions

 

April 2008 

  How many administrative positions have been added by

Nola Wellman since 2004?

Currently, the superintendent is advertising to hire the following positions in the Eanes ISD Central Administration Building: 

1) Assistant Superintendent for Business Services in the Business Services Department

2) Director of Mathematics & Science in the Curriculum & Instruction Department, another newly-created administrative position,

3) District Facility Coordinator in the Business Services Department, another newly-created administrative position.

 

Check back for updates on this question ...

 

Remember Eanes ISD Rick Bentley and Jerry Molinoski?

A few years ago these men were employed by Eanes ISD as Assistant Superintendents of Curriculum and Human Resources, respectively.  Now employed by Yselta ISD, Rick ($134,144) and Jerry ($136,644) are two of the highest paid school administrators in El Paso County.

"Salaries for administrators have jumped sky-high in the last five years," said Frances Wever, the president of the El Paso Federation of Teachers and Support Personnel -- a frequent critic of administrative spending by the EPISD. "The district has added administrative positions instead of decreasing them," she added. "The administration needs to take a good look at all positions in the central office to see which ones could be consolidated."

 

Click here to read more about Eanes ISD salaries and stipends.

 

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