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Board approves superintendent appointment, retirement and professional leave requests
Summary
The East Cleveland School Board approved a superintendent-recommended appointment, accepted one retirement and approved professional leave requests while discussing supervision and budgetary limits on professional development.
Superintendent presented one appointment for board approval at the Feb. 9 meeting; the motion was moved, seconded and approved by the board. The board also approved a listed retirement for one employee.
Members then considered and approved professional leave requests for listed employees. During discussion board members asked whether there are caps on professional leave costs and confirmed the superintendent must approve professional development travel and that approvals are not open-ended. The board said the superintendent limits professional development to 'critical' events in line with budget constraints.
The board did not record detailed dollar totals for professional leave in the transcript; members asked staff to bring further discussion on professional leave and budget oversight into forthcoming boardmanship training and committee work.
