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Westwood Heights school board approves layoff of one administrator after public plea
Summary
The Westwood Heights School Board voted 5-1 to approve a layoff resolution for one administrator after Brenda Georges, who said the recommendation applied to her, asked the board to postpone action and provide contract- and budget-related documentation.
The Westwood Heights School Board of Education voted 5-1 to approve a resolution to lay off one administrator after a public commenter asked the board to delay action and supply more information about the basis for the recommendation.
Brenda Georges, who identified herself during public comment and supplied a home address for the record, told the board the layoff recommendation was presented to her on June 9 and that paragraph 22 of her contract governs layoffs. "If this recommendation is truly unrelated to performance, then I respectfully ask several questions," Georges said, pressing the board for documentation showing an actual reduction in administrative personnel, analyses of reassignment options and objective criteria used to select the position for elimination.
Georges also told the board that at a recent meeting new positions were approved funded by grants and that those approvals would reduce the general fund by $304,000. She asked the board to postpone action until reassignment opportunities and the proper application of paragraph 22 had been fully reviewed.
On the personnel item, Ms. Johnson moved to approve "the layoff resolution for one administrator due to budgetary reasons as presented," and Ms. Roberts seconded. Board members asked whether all options had been reviewed, including reassignment and enrollment impacts; the board was told that administrator positions, including the superintendent's, had been examined and that reassigning staff would not remove the budget obligation to pay those positions.
After discussion, the board voted and the motion carried five to one. The transcript records a brief exchange confirming Ms. Carter's vote before the result was announced. The motion did not name the administrator in the public motion; Georges had identified herself in public comment as the person affected and urged postponement.
The board moved on to other agenda items after the vote. No additional documentation or a postponement was recorded in the meeting minutes presented in the transcript.
