Have the people of Marysville already forgotten the history of the Marysville School District for the last three years? Have they forgotten that 92 percent of the teachers voted no confidence in Superintendent Linda Whitehead and the school board a couple of years ago? Have they forgotten that Whitehead and the school board didn’t do anything about this? They didn’t even communicate with the teachers to try to get the confidence back, and to open the doors of communication.
Have they forgotten that when the strike was declared, 98 percent of the teachers voted for it? Have they forgotten that the school board and Whitehead would not negotiate with the teachers on salary, especially about state salaries vs. local salaries, causing the longest strike in the history of Washington state?
Have they forgotten that the old school board would not listen to the people of Marysville, so the citizens of Marysville had to vote out of office three of those school board members?
Have they forgotten that the two members who remain from the old school board are still not listening to the people of Marysville? They seem to be in an alternate reality when taking into consideration what the people of Marysville want.
Have they forgotten that the old school board extended Whitehead’s contract by an additional year, knowing that a new board was coming in, and again not listening to the citizens of Marysville when they said that they did not want another year with Whitehead?
Whitehead and the old school board had major problems communicating with the teachers, the students, the parents and the citizens of Marysville. We could not afford to keep Whitehead in office. In the long run, the Marysville School Board should be in better shape financially.
Marysville
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