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Keep Doell and Kinder off the Rockwood School Board - go vote!

Time For Change – New Blood Needed on Rockwood School Board

 

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.” – William Arthur War

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Two incumbents are running for re-election to the Rockwood School District Board of Education on the April 8th ballot – Matt Doell and Keith Kinder.  Two incumbents who served during one of the most tumultuous times for Rockwood in many decades, a time when there seemed to be one controversy after another, a time when the district received a low rating of “Fair” by the state, a time when our community’s confidence and trust in the Board was badly shaken and dropped to an all-time low.

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The following happened during Doell and Kinder’s time on the Board:

 

  • Consultant contract deals with two former Minnesota coworkers of former Superintendent Borchers, involving $30,600 each for 17 days of work while they kept their day jobs.  Both subsequently received six-figure full-time positions with the district.  Both are now gone.  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJAwKhBgKhU)

 

 

 

 

  • Failure of the Proposition R bond issue in April 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • The lack of a competitive bidding process for multiple services.
  • A Board member’s conflict of interest.
  • Noted $1.2 million overpayment for construction change orders.
  • Bond financing conflict of interest.
  • The lack of adequate inventory control for thousands of items of school property.
  • The lack of adequate oversight of millions of dollars of expenses using district credit cards.
  • The lack of adequate receipting procedures.
  • The lack of adequate oversight of district vehicle use.
  • The lack of adequate oversight of student attendance records.
  • The lack of adequate computer security measures.

 

  • Failure of the Proposition S bond issue in April 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of this happened on their watch – despite a master’s degree in business administration and a doctorate in education.  Furthermore, as the Board vice president, Doell held a leadership role in the development and implementation of many of these failed policies.

 

Do we want more of the same or is it time for a change?  Join me in voting them off the Board.  It’s time for new blood – because the same old ways are just not working.

 

-- David A. Miller, Rockwood resident and father.

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