Documents Detail Ex-Superintendent’s Settlement
Since the editors over at liberal La Socialista (a.k.a. The State newspaper) have decided our story on a former S.C. principal’s discrimination lawsuit is kind of a big deal, we figured we’d be remiss if we didn’t bring you what we’re sure will be plaintiff’s Exhibit A in this unfolding drama – the deal that the district gave her male supervisor.
For those of you who haven’t been following this made-for-TV soap opera, last summer FITS broke the news of an alleged affair between former Lexington-Richland District 5 Superintendent Scott Andersen and one of his subordinates, former River Springs Elementary Principal Melissa Cole.
Part of a broader FITS investigation into the district’s manipulation of student population data, the affair allegations were reportedly the primary reason behind Andersen resigning his position less than a month after our original story ran.
Three weeks after Andersen resigned, in August of last year, Cole also “resigned” her position – although her lawsuit alleges that this decision was “forced” and that her resignation was offered “under duress.”
Cole also alleges that she was lied to by the district and treated differently than her male supervisor.
Andersen’s severance package (click below to read it) amounted to roughly $24,000 – which included twenty days of accrued vacation time and a $10,000 lump sum.
Cole’s suit says she received no severance pay or any other consideration.
Oh, in case you’re wondering why “Andersen” is spelled “AndersEn,” throughout those documents, it’s some ridiculous spelling that the ex-Superintendent insisted upon. Fortunately, the district’s new Superintendent, Herb Berg, does not insist on the random capitalization of vowels in his name.
Finally, we’d like to compliment our friends at La Socialista for (eventually) picking up this story – much like they (eventually) picked up on all the initial Cole-Andersen stories that we ran.
Better late than never …
Comments
By BIN News Editorial Staff on May 23rd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Our Funding Editor still thinks sic(k) willie is building MS. Cole up as a guest for his web-radio scam. Topics may include why it takes two to tango, the Midlands’ elected official willie claims has a Strom problem and how the voucher scam would make families stronger.
MS. Cole might even become a contributing writer, like Mandee.
BIN News Editorial Staff
Flare and Balanced
By James the Foot Soldier on May 23rd, 2009 at 2:24 pm
bin – you ignorant slut – how about editorializing on the the vote fraud that occurred in last year’s Lex-Rich $5 bond referendum?
You know (you profess to know all things education) the one where the school board made false statements about “growing enrollment” when enrollment actually DECLINED.
Now most of the “sky is falling” projects are on hold while the district’s taxpayers are saddled with 20 fukin years of higher taxes.
Furthermore your attacks on Ms. Cole without her ability to defend herself are pathetic – even in blogland. Raise your game just a tad and you may raise your credibility.
By real question on May 23rd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Who/what is this BIN news and why does s/he/it insist on speaking in some pseudo-clever weird lingo that only some small sect of insiders (insiders of what, I don’t know) understand?
By James the Foot Soldier on May 23rd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
bin is will folks personal blog land stalker – as weird and pathetic as a real-life stalker – only bin never leaves the confines of mommie’s basement.
By Mab on May 23rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm
real question,
When BIN really turns it on, you will know it. He uses the @ for all a’s in his posts and goes down the alphabet slamming all things conservative and/or sane, or just making post-poems.
We have continually asked Sic Willie to at least give us a poll of who he thinks BIN (one person — no news about it) is, so we could vote on it.
Sic refuses because on slow news days, BIN can be quite entertaining.
This much we think we know — he is a Dem in the employ of the South Carolina public school educrat bureaucracy.
By Forizzle on May 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
This is news…why? A year old. Come on Willie, you’re better than that.
By BT on May 23rd, 2009 at 7:09 pm
The State paper today ran an article on how the numbers were wrong and they were revisiting their plans. Well, Berg was there three months after the former superintendent resigned. Why didn’t he revisit the situation in this time period and suggest, before he and the board pushed thorough the “just say yes” campaign, that the numbers were wrong and split the referendum. Actually they pushed for the bond referendum, which had a greater degree of passing in a general election, and afterwards started blaming the numbers on the previous superintendent. What is the board’s responsibility with these numbers. Why just the previous superintendent’s responsibility. However, he needs to share in this with the Board The Board went along with his projections. This whole thing smacks of a political mess with the taxpayers and ultimately the children of the district as the victims. I read after Berg came here that he was called “slick” Berg in his former county. This district is in serious trouble if someone with integrity and honesty doesn’t come to the plate. I think the whole bond referendum needs to be revisited and the money spent for actual needs or refunded to the taxpayers. In addition to the mess with the bond referendum, there is the mess with the total situation in district 5. People are afraid for their jobs because of threats if they talk about all of the disruptions. The district office has been emptied. Noone knows why. The assistant superintendent has been gone for some time with no explanation, along with his secretary. The chief financial officier was dismissed with no explation. The football coach at Chapin and another teacher were apparently fired because of relationships with students and the public, the taxpayers who pay for all of this, are kept in the dark??Maybe a couple of the new board members will decide enough is enough and come forward. If not we are all in the dark in District 5.
By Jeffy on May 23rd, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Bin types like a stood up 15 year old on prom night. So sad.
By Mike on May 24th, 2009 at 11:17 am
BIN’s stuff lost it’s entertainment value for me many moons ago, because he sings the same song over and over, and not even well.
He and the others who try to minimize the import of this story are just garden variety apologists for the educrat status quo, FITS-haters, or both. Any fair minded, reasonable person can see why this so story is so representative of the problems in SC’s public education infrastructure. Hell, it would be a decent story if it was a city hall piece. Even la Socialista finally picked up on it!
LR District 5 will write a check on this one, on that you bet safely…
By BIN News Editorial Staff on May 25th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Well gosh. Let’s do this by the numbers.
Foot Fungus. Voter fraud is illegal.
Prove it. M@r@ns and p@mps bore us.
Which are you? :)
Prove it or shut up!
And, Mommie’s basement is warm and comfy.
Only old homes in Shandon have basements.
MAB, thanks for thinking of us as “entertaining.” Remember that you promised us pics of you nude decorating your Christmas tree.
Please, entertain us!
Until then we wait for MS. Cole to be on sic(k) willie’s radio scam.
BIN News Editorial Staff
Flair and Balanced
P.S. Sorry. Our Funding Editor took our entire staff to the Coca Cola 600 just to irritate sic(k) willie since he hates NASCAR.
By James the Foot Soldier on May 25th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
BIN – read the press releases from Lex-Rich $5 last Fall:
THEN:
“explosive growth”
“bursting at the seams”
“kids being taught in trailers”
“kids being taught in closets”
bl@h, bl@h, fukin BL@H.
NOW:
No new middle school is needed
Closing Irmo Elementary
Projections for enrollment at some elementary schools cut from 750 to 500
BIN – even YOUR math isn’t that bad.
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