BURKEonBOARD

(Sept. 23, 2008) – Back on September 7, I wrote an piece (Manthey Gets More Shabby Treatment; Meeks to get a Pass) about how the school board had scheduled their annual evaluation of superintendent Brad Meeks at a time that Manthey could not attend.

That information came from Manthey speaking at a public meeting. She said she had advised the rest of the board she couldn’t make that meeting and she expressed her frustration at the apparent snub. After the piece about that situation appeared here, the evaluation meeting was rescheduled to accommodate Manthey.

Manthey was latter told by board chair Julie McKnight that she and other board members were unaware that Manthey was unavailable at the initial meeting time and that the email Manthey had sent the board had been missed by all. Manthey accepted that explanation and at Monday night’s board meeting apologized to the board for airing her frustrations publicly.

I apologize to Ann Manthey for having put her in that difficult position with her fellow board members by reporting on the situation based on her comments.

I apologize to board chair Julie McKnight and the rest of the board for drawing the conclusions I drew in my September 7 piece about the scheduling of the Meeks evaluation.