Marshalling Our Schools Towards a Better Tomorrow

We have not received any updated inaugural information as the Massillon School District begins the presidency of Marshall Weinberg. So momentous is this event that while the school district website does not have board of education meeting minutes updated online since October 4th of last year, it does have a school board photo listing Marshall Weinberg as president. Ah, priorities.

Since we do not have official inaugural news to bring you today, we spent a few minutes imagining the inauguration of Marshall Weinberg going something like this...

It was a bitter cold day in Massillon, but not so cold as to dampen the spirit of thousands of Massillonians as they gathered at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium to witness Massillon School Board President Elect Marshall Weinberg take the oath of office as our school board president.

Our crack Massillon Review investigative team was on hand to witness history as a new chapter begins in the administration of our Massillon schools.

It was a stirring ceremony of pomp and circumstance. The 'friends of the program' football boosters were all seated at the front, emblematic of their perceived role in the school system. There was, however, one empty seat, a symbolic gesture made for an absent comrade who just couldn't attend. It was a glorious day for the 'friends of the program,' as one of their own takes the reigns of power.

The Massillon Tiger Swing Band played a fine rendition of Hail to the Chief as President Elect Weinberg arose to take the oath of office from outgoing President Tom Seesan. Seesan, as we were told, needed to "be a strong leader or let someone else step in" (Marshall Weinberg, The Independent, August 12, 2010).

Fortunately for us, "someone else stepped in."

Tears of joy were wept when the oath was administered, except in Superintendent Lisa Carmichael's case, who just plain wept.

Then Marshall gave his inaugural address;

He spoke of a brighter tomorrow, where the head football coach is the athletic director, because, "it's the lynch pin in the entire DREAM project" (The Independent, March 30, 2010), and how "recent issues, including an assistant coach and booster club member growing and selling marijuana could have been avoided, Weinberg said, if the football coach could report directly to the superintendent" (The Independent, March 30, 2010).

Stirring. Just tugs at the heart strings.

Marshall Weinberg's inauguration. A marvelous day, where our community can come together to celebrate a decision "made out of strength" and to finally put to rest "one of the issues tearing at the board."

Join us tomorrow, as the Massillon Review will be sorting through the various political gossip our faithful readers have been sending us.