Alwin placed on paid leave-performance cited

The Baraboo School Board voted Monday to put School District Superintendent Lance Alwin on paid leave while an investigation is performed related to his job performance. Read about it here. Stay tuned for in-depth review and analysis.

UPDATE: First, from the BNR website 2/7/08 at 5:55PM:
most viewed (articles):
- Baraboo school administrator put on paid leave
- Storm doesn't stop bank robber
- Employees may learn fate tonight
- Highway 12 closed for 3 hours after incident
- Snow pounds area, Baraboo students out of snow days

Who says our community doesn't care about what happens in our school district? They want to know what's going on.

Next, let's check up on my progostications for the year. Not perfect, but close. Instead of the board letting Alwin know they wouldn't be renewing his contract in February, they put him on paid leave. With the Green Bay superintendent taking Art Rainwater's post in Madison, there's a vacancy in Green Bay. Guess I gave too much credit that Alwin saw the writing on the wall...Maybe this will help. Just to save face on another prediction I had, the most popular story hit on the BNR website today demonstrates the silent cheering of our community. May not be factual, but I'll call it as I see it. On a more definite note, my "time changes everything" forecast sure came true!

So, what's at the focus of this investigation into Alwin's performance? Let's see...

Could it be this? Maybe he's all out of toothpicks for vaulting.
Could it be his ongoing inability to heal our community after two failed referenda?
Could it be he hasn't had a performance evaluation since he started, until recently?
or,
Could it be something else, say, politics catching up with him?

It is comforting to know that ALL of Alwin's responsibilities will be/have been divided up among the crack admin team. Zero divided by anything is still zero, so I guess the remaining admin team will be able to manage.

It's not that Alwin is a bad person. He's simply incompetent in the capacity of superintendent for our school district. Remember this as you go to the polls in April: Alwin was a terrible selection by the Baraboo School Board. Alwin has sent plenty around during his visit. What goes around, comes around.

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