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Revolving door at MUSD office goes ... swish, swish
Marilyn Netoskie
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Maricopa Unified School District (MUSD) has a very nice, new building on Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway. However, the architect forgot to add one very important item to the building -- a revolving door. This would give such easy access for all the MUSD Governing Board members who are arriving and departing. For the past 15 months, the building has seemed more like an airline terminal than a district office for MUSD administrators and Governing Board members. If this revolving door had been constructed, it would provide quick departure for five MUSD Governing Board members in the last 15 months, and four -- soon to be five -- new incoming MUSD Board members, giving quick arrival time in the past 12 months.
The revolving door could also be used for Superintendent Kleck when he leaves the end of June in 2012, and for the new Superintendent whenever he or she arrives. Oh yes, don't forget the new Deputy Superintendent could be using the same door very soon, as the name of the person winning this position is scheduled to be announced at the next MUSD Governing Board meeting scheduled for Monday, December 12, 2011. This revolving door has the potential to be one of the most used pieces of equipment in the MUSD office building.
To refresh your memory, three of the departing MUSD Governing Board Members resigned. They were Lori Glenn in October 2010, Carrie Vargas in July 2011, and Geoff Goddard, Immediate Past President of the MUSD Governing Board, in November of 2011. In addition, Tracy Davis did not run for reelection in 2010, and Tim White did not win his reelection race last year. Turning the revolving door in the opposite direction, you would see Scott Bartle, pushing the revolving door forward as fast as he could. Patti Coutre, who won her seat on the MUSD Governing Board in the election in November of 2010, would also be entering the building. Torri Anderson, appointed by Pinal County School Superintendent Orlenda Roberts in January of 2012, to replace Lorri Glenn, and Jim Irving, also appointed by Ms. Roberts, to replace Carrie Vargas. Both new MUSD appointed Governing Board members could have used the revolving door for quick entry to the building. Since Geoff Goddard recently resigned, a replacement has yet to be named by Ms. Roberts. One could quickly get very dizzy watching this door go round and round.
If you are interested in going forward through the proposed revolving door, and becoming a member of the MUSD Governing Board, you still have time to apply. Applications are being accepted until "5:00 P.M. on Friday, December 23, 2011.” The application will need to be notarized and mailed or hand-delivered to the Pinal County School Superintendent's Office in Florence, AZ. To obtain an application, or to mail the completed application, the address is:
Tonya L. Taylor, Chief Deputy
Pinal County School Superintendent's Office
P. O. Box 769
Florence, AZ 85132
You can also e-mail ttaylor@pinalcso.org or call (520) 866-6579 for more information
NOTE: Applications are also available at www.pinalesa.org. Click on the elections box, then click on board vacancies and scroll down until you find Maricopa Unified applications.
If the architect could design a revolving door at the MUSD Administration building, could he also design a revolving garage door at the MUSD bus compound complex? This would be a door allowing all the Kyrene and other out of county buses to go one way through the revolving garage door. Which direction would that bus garage revolving door go? OUT! Out of our district, and totally empty of any Maricopa students. Just a thought: Maybe all the new MUSD Governing Board members and the new Deputy Superintendent could do something about this problem. Maybe meet in one of those closed-door executive sessions and design the door themselves? Just a thought.
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It's too bad the MUSD Administration building doesn't have a revolving door.
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