Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Selectmen from both towns met on Tuesday for the first time since School Superintendent Raleigh Buchanan's departure as school superintendent last Thursday.
There may be lessons from the recent departure of School Superintendent Dr. Raleigh Buchanan that could lead to change in the Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District agreement, according to Selectmen and town attorneys. Some of those changes were discussed when the Boards of Selectmen from both towns met on Tuesday night for the first time since Buchanan’s departure last Thursday. One of the chief concerns Selectmen had was that they didn’t understand the extent of the School Committee’s concern with Buchanan’s performance until he reached a “mutual agreement” to leave the district last Thursday. Wenham Selectmen Chairman Molly Martins called Buchanan’s departure “jarring.” “I don’t believe there is a communication clause in the …
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Monday, May 23, 2011
The Hamilton-Wenham School Committee released a statement on Monday saying that last Thursday's executive session was at the request of Dr. Raleigh Buchanan to review his superintendent's contract and did not involve discussion of his performance.
The performance evaluations of former School Superintendent Dr. Raleigh Buchanan were not discussed during the School Committee’s nearly two-hour long executive session last Thursday, the board said in a written statement issued Monday morning. Instead, the executive session was held at the request of Buchanan and his attorney, who sought to discuss his contract. Michael Long, Buchanan's attorney, asked for the executive session three hours before the 7 p.m. meeting last Thursday, the committee said in the statement. When the School Committee emerged from the executive session, committee attorney Naomi Stonberg announced that Buchanan’s “employment relationship” with the district had ended after a “mutual agreement.” “While the minutes of …
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Friday, May 20, 2011
School Superintendent Dr. Raleigh Buchanan and the School Committee reached a "mutual agreement" on Thursday that ended Buchanan's tenure after less than a year. Read what some local residents have to say and feel free to offer your voice to the discussio
Here is some of what Hamilton-Wenham Patch readers had to say after news broke last night that Schools Superintendent Raleigh Buchanan and the School Committee reached a "mutual agreement" to ends Buchanan's tenure as superintendent. Elaine Appel: “I find Dr. Buchanan to be a refreshing, honest and optimistic voice in an otherwise contentious operation.” Lorraine Miler: “Personally, I am not surprised in the least bit. We have hardly seen the superintendent in the past 6 months.” Margo Killoran: “Parents, teachers, administrators and the public alike find Dr. Buchanan to be breath of fresh air after years of dealing with a controlling, secretive, condescending, unapproachable superintendent who this writer personally caught in several …
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Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Dr. Raleigh Buchanan, who started as Hamilton-Wenham's new schools superintendent last summer, will get his first review in early May.
Hamilton-Wenham’s “new” school superintendent, Dr. Raleigh Buchanan, is undergoing his first annual performance review 10 months after coming on the job last summer. School Committee Chairman Alexa McCloughan said the members of the nine-member committee have to submit their written reviews to her by Thursday. All of the members received a reminder about the deadline at last week’s School Committee meeting. McCloughan will then compile the reviews into one review that will be presented publicly when the School Committee gives Buchanan his review on May 5. This year’s review is happening no earlier than usual, she said, and is typically done at about this time of the year, except last year, she said. “We didn’t review Dr. (Marinel) McGrath …
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Questionable Ethics
3:42 am on Monday, May 30, 2011
Eh wot? How did I get dragged into this?? If you are me, and I am Jay, then Jay must be arguing with himself again! The *real* QE. more ›