INDICATIONS THAT SUPERINTENDENTS ARE PLACED, NOT PICKED:

 

My takeaway from this experience is that a school board of a major school district in Texas is just fooling itself  if it really thinks it is picking it's superintendent.  Those people are PLACED, not picked. And it doesn't matter which headhunter is hired; in my opinion, they're all in on the deal. It's the reform agenda that is primary.

FYI, there is evidence (HCAD documents) that Leonard Merrell purchased his home in Katy BEFORE this member of the Board ever heard his name as one of the finalists!  If I were one of the other three candidates, I would be angry about that! [I discuss that matter elsewhere on this website.]

Also, if one looks at the SBEC website to view Certification of Texas Educators, one finds the document posted below.  (No superintendent certification visible---I'm guessing a plain old administrator certificate sufficed!  So if that's the case, why do we pay so much for these people? Why mention in the prospectus that the candidate "must be "certifiable as a superintendent in Texas"?  How do we know he was "certifiable as a superintendent unless he takes the superintendent's certification test and gets the certification?) (And there is the possibility that he received a superintendent's certification and that it has expired but there is no record of that on the SBEC web site as it is for other former superintendents.)

Also, please notice that residence within the District was a requirement as announced in the brochure circulated by Bob Thompson as a recruitment item.  However, a year before he left the District, Leonard Merrell built a huge house in the Waller County ISD. 

So much for "requirements"!

Texas Educator Certificate

This certifies that

Leonard E Merrell

has fulfilled requirements of state law and regulations of the
State Board for Educator Certification
and is hereby authorized to perform duties as designated below:

 

PROFESSIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Administrator

12/01/1971

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Secondary

07/01/1971

Life

Valid

 

Grades (6-12)

Secondary Biology

07/01/1971

Life

Valid

 

Grades (6-12)

 

PROVISIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Vocational Agriculture

08/01/1967

Life

Valid

 

Grades (6-12)


Official Record of Certification

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For comparison purposes:

Linda Rae Woodward

has fulfilled requirements of state law and regulations of the
State Board for Educator Certification
and is hereby authorized to perform duties as designated below:

 

PROFESSIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Supervisor

12/01/1971

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Superintendent

08/10/1976

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Mid-Management Administrator

08/10/1976

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

 

PROVISIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Elementary Self-Contained

08/01/1960

Life

Valid

 

Grades (1-8)

 

TEMPORARY

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Mid-Management Administrator

12/20/1974

08/31/1979

Expired

 

Grades (PK-12)


Official Record of Certification

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Texas Educator Certificate

This certifies that

Gordon Simmsons Brown

has fulfilled requirements of state law and regulations of the
State Board for Educator Certification
and is hereby authorized to perform duties as designated below:

 

TEMPORARY

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Principal

01/01/1900

Life*

Invalid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Superintendent

01/01/1900

Life*

Invalid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Elementary Self-Contained

01/01/1900

Life*

Invalid

 

Grades (1-8)

Secondary

01/01/1900

Life*

Invalid

 

Grades (6-12)

 

*Certificate must be revalidated by successful completion of the appropriate examination. THIS CERTIFICATE IS INVALID FOR EMPLOYMENT IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


Official Record of Certification

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Texas Educator Certificate

This certifies that

Hugh Carl Hayes

has fulfilled requirements of state law and regulations of the
State Board for Educator Certification
and is hereby authorized to perform duties as designated below:

 

PROFESSIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Principal

08/01/1969

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Administrator

07/06/1974

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Counselor

08/01/1967

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

Secondary Health/Physical Education

08/25/1967

Life

Valid

 

Grades (6-12)

 

PROVISIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Secondary Health and Physical Education

01/25/1963

Life

Valid

 

Grades (6-12)


Official Record of Certification

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Texas Educator Certificate

This certifies that

Alton Lee Frailey

has fulfilled requirements of state law and regulations of the
State Board for Educator Certification
and is hereby authorized to perform duties as designated below:

 

STANDARD

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Superintendent

 

Superintendent

06/21/2008

05/31/2014

Valid

 

 

Grades (EC-12)

 

Superintendent

06/01/2014

05/31/2020

Valid

 

 

Grades (EC-12)

 

PROFESSIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Mid-Management Administrator

12/20/1986

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

 

PROVISIONAL

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Elementary Reading

05/14/1983

Life

Valid

 

Grades (1-8)

Elementary Self-Contained

05/14/1983

Life

Valid

 

Grades (1-8)

Mentally Retarded

05/14/1983

Life

Valid

 

Grades (PK-12)

 

TEMPORARY

Description

Effective Date

Expiration Date

Status

Superintendent

05/07/2005

05/07/2010

Expired

 

Grades (EC-12)


Official Record of Certification

Friday, April 11, 2014