From the Journal Star:
Grenita Lathan has been granted that needed endorsement to take the helm as superintendent at Peoria School District 150 after all.
Despite state education officials saying Tuesday the process still was taking place and they had not received the supporting documentation needed to receive her certification, the endorsement was issued Tuesday afternoon.
Is it just me, or does it look like the right hand doesn’t know know what the left hand is doing at the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)? In yesterday’s paper, spokeswoman for the ISBE Mary Fergus was quoted as saying, “To date, Grenita Lathan has not submitted the necessary paperwork proving she’s met all the Illinois requirements for a superintendent certificate,” and District 150 spokeswoman Stacey Shangraw told the paper “Lathan submitted application materials to the state twice because they ‘lost’ the first set.”
So, to recap, Lathan sent her paperwork, and the ISBE lost it. Then Lathan sent her paperwork again, and the ISBE said they never received it. But while their spokesperson was explaining to the press that they hadn’t received Lathan’s paperwork, someone else at the ISBE was busy issuing Lathan a superintendent certificate.
As if we don’t have enough drama in Peoria, now we have the ISBE messing with us.
It is probably as legit as Brookhalter (or whatever) suggests it is but, man… what an after taste it leaves…
Does this boondoggle at ISBE level surprise anyone? This kind of stuff doesn’t surprise me. I have a mortgage company that does the same thing. I send paperwork and they claim they don’t get it. So I send it overnight with signature required and they still don’t get it. The bigger they are the harder they fall.
My guess is so-and-so called so-and-so then called so-and-so who owed so-and-so a favor…
The key with dealing with an organization like the ISBE is just to hang up and call back in 5 minutes, you will likely get a different answer.
Is there anybody in Springfield that knows what they are doing? Raise my taxes and support more of these incompetent managers.
This does not surprise me at all about the ISBE not knowing what they are doing or where to put paperwork once they receive it. This has happened to me more than once in the years I have held a teaching certificate. What does amaze me is that 150 gets its way so often when it come to them wanting to hire someone who doesn’t have the appropriate documentation for the state of Illinois.