Hairston Confirms He's Done as Superintendent
Patch first reported the superintendent's departure earlier this week.
Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent Joe Hairston acknowledged Thursday that he is calling it quits after nearly 12 years, as first reported by Patch.
Multiple sources confirmed to Patch on Tuesday that Hairston’s decision may have been hastened by the fact that the board recently voted to not offer an additional four-year extension.
Hairston wouldn't comment Tuesday to Patch, but he told The Baltimore Sun in an email Thursday that "I have always said that I would not seek another term. ... Twelve years is a tremendous run for any superintendent."
Scott Sewell
7:19 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011
Overpaid anyway!
Vicki Rummel
7:37 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011
Finally!
John
8:49 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011
FANTASTIC!!!!!! Let's hope he really retires and lets go...unlike his friend who has yet to retire in reality. They all need to go away and bring in someone new to begin digging the system out of the incredible mess and irresponsible spending. What wonderful news!!!!!
reader
10:29 pm on Thursday, October 6, 2011
Maybe some the overpaid administrators, hanging around to pad their retirements, will see the handwriting on the wall and hit the beach.
Chuck
12:53 am on Friday, October 7, 2011
He should have been gone after the Barbara Dezmon/AIM scandal, but knee surgery gave him "plausible denialbility".
Cathy
7:53 am on Friday, October 7, 2011
Good Riddens!! Of course he's done the school board was not going to renew his contract. As usual, Hairston lies, lies, lies and trys to make it look like it was his decision.
Amy
10:06 am on Friday, October 7, 2011
"Riddens"? Really? Am I the only one who sees the irony in that? And that's not the only mistake in these comments. Please proofread before sending out your nasty comments. Thank you!
Ed Veit
11:56 am on Friday, October 7, 2011
Everyone has forgotten the mess he inherited from previous two superintendents--please, before anymore nasty comments, think back to what Baltimore County Schools were like in 1998. No curriculum, the experienced teachers were offered early retirement--and they took it, personnel were not matched to their expertise (an English teacher was in charge of facilities and building maintenance), most of the educational leadership had been forced out, there was travel agent inn staff, superintendent and his were on junkets to Las Vegas or the Super Bowl--and Dr. Hairston cleaned up that mess--and it wasn't an overnight task.
John
5:06 pm on Friday, October 7, 2011
Let's remember the mess he created as well...interestingly enough he put an English Teacher in charge of curriculum and she caused great destruction of the system as well as the reputation of the current superintendent. He should have steered clear of the nominally "retired" English teacher and focused on our children. His reputation for lack of transparency and cruelty is well deserved. He listened to and protected those who have caused the damage and consequently, caused the damage to his own reputation.
Cathy
3:28 pm on Friday, October 7, 2011
Amy-Just because a word was misspelled does not mean the sentiment is not correct. (by many). Ed-he may have inherited one mess, but he has left a different mess. Of course he cleaned things up, he was in it to make "him" look good, and it was all at the expense of the teachers and kids.
Stuart Merenbloom
8:19 am on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
As a retired BCPS teacher, the one thing that stands out in my mind about Dr, Joe is the year that the board of education stated that its employees would not get a raise and he sat idly by and said little, if anything about it.
Amy
8:54 am on Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Did you get to keep your job that year? And are you collecting your pension now?
Stuart Merenbloom
12:16 pm on Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Now that Dr. Joe is going, I hope that the search committee will find someone who will not surround him/herself with a group of over-paid administrators who do little to promote learning as well as one who will not waste our taxes on high priced items that go unused (take a look in BCPS's warehouses to see unused text books and unused curriculum). I hope the search committee will find someone who will stand up to the "No Child Left Behind" mindset that wants schools to reach AYP and little more. I hope the new BCPS leader can put a spin on the word accountability to include parents (teacher's evaluations are 50% based on student progress.....if the parents do not care/motivate/encourage their students, how can the kids learn?
Stuart Merenbloom