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School board approves new communications manager job description over lone dissent; member warns of outsourcing and cost uncertainty
Summary
The Pinellas County School Board voted 5-1 to approve a request to create and revise job descriptions that included a new communications/marketing manager role. Board member Edmond recorded the sole no vote, saying adding a manager to supervise one staffer is not the right solution given tight budgets and potential outsourcing.
The Pinellas County School Board approved agenda item 7.3 on Sept. 9 by a vote of 5–1 to create and revise job descriptions in the communications department, including a new manager position.
Board discussion focused on whether adding a manager to supervise a single direct report would save money or improve the district’s marketing capacity. Board member Edmond said she…
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