The Williamson County School Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to offer Michael Looney the position of Director of Schools at a base salary of $168,000. Contract negotiations will now begin with Looney, currently the Butler County School District Superintendent. The board chose Looney over Dennis Dearden.
According to the Greenville Advocate's online edition, Looney informed the Butler County Board of Education President late Wednesday night that he intends to accept the offer in Williamson County.
Now that Looney is the choice of the School Board, we'll have to take a look and see just how much this transition from Dr. Rebecca Sharber to Interim Director Dr. David Heath to Michael Looney cost the Williamson County taxpayers. Hopefully the expense will prove to be worthwhile in the coming months and years. And hopefully the WCS Board learned some valuable lessons from this lengthy search. Congratulations, Michael Looney. And welcome to Williamson County.
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There is a growing movement among many Williamson county parents for someone to create a forum to discuss some of the changes Dr. Looney has instituted for the 2010 school year. Will you continue this blog or are you pursuing other interests?
ReplyDeleteA discussion of the direction and changes in Williamson County Schools for the 2010 year and beyond is certainly appropriate in this forum. We'll continue to make updates when possible here.
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