School Information System: What Madison can learn from Nerad's exit

March 31, 2012

What Madison can learn from Nerad's exit

Those who approve of Nerad's performance and those who disapprove could agree that he seemed to be exiting in a responsible manner.

And there was not much objection to the $37,500 retirement payout that it was announced he would receive. It sounded, after all, like he was retiring. Or so Madisonians thought.

On Tuesday, however, the news arrived that Nerad was a finalist for a job as superintendent of the public schools in Omaha, Neb.

Awkward.

Madison School Board members confirmed that Nerad had not informed them when he was preparing for his "retirement" announcement that he was in the late stages of pursuing another job.

School Board President James Howard even had to field questions about whether he and other board members were "duped" by the superintendent.

I have received a number of emails inquiring about the $37,500 payout...

Seat 1 Candidates:

Nichelle Nichols
www.nichols4schoolboard.org
email: nnichols4mmsd@gmail.com

Arlene Silveira (incumbent)
www.arleneforschoolboard.com
email: arlene_Silveira@yahoo.com

Seat 2 Candidates:

Mary Burke
www.maryburkeforschoolboard.net
email: maryburkewi@gmail.com

Michael Flores
www.floresforschoolboard.org
email: floresm1977@gmail.com

Arlene Silveira & Michael Flores Madison Teachers, Inc. Candidate Q & A

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 31, 2012 7:10 AM
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Comments

I say good for Dan Nerad. He realized he couldn't trust the school board, or at least the backstabbers amongst them, so he played a nice game of cover your backside. So eager to run him out of town, the board never considered they'd be outwitted. It's a rough world out there, and Dan Nerad knows how to play the game folks.

Posted by: dadanonymous at March 31, 2012 6:53 PM