When Dr. Eugene Sanders resigned as CEO of Cleveland Public Schools earlier this week, it came as quite a shock to everyone. The district is in the midst of its “Transformation Plan,” Sanders had just received a contract extension, and expectations were that Sanders would ride out that contract to oversee his master plan.
But he resigned, announcing that he would leave the post in February. The original Plain Dealer report cited sources that Sanders had his eye on a post in higher education.
Which made sense. Having put in his time in a struggling school district, in a position which gets all the blame and little credit, it seemed natural that Sanders would be looking forward to a cushy job at a college with a fat paycheck and none of the hardships of overseeing a large, urban metropolitan school system.
A new report from the Toledo Blade puts specifics on what Sanders may be aiming for.
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2010.
How about double dipping! Typical. His retirement (PERS) is based on the highest three years of earnable salary. Which would be based on the salary he earned at the Cleveland Municipal School. He takes his talents to Bowling Green, “not South Beach”, If hired. He is a fairly young man, he have another 10yrs of work left in him, make his six figure salary at BG and laugh his way all the way to the bank. His heart wasnt in it, it was done for the dollar, no attentions on making any real changes.