One for the Thumb

Fred Blosser

Chris DiLoretto

John McGrath

Lisa Carmichael

These four people have served, or were hired to serve, as Massillon Schools Superintendent in the three years and three months Marshall Weinberg has served on the school board.

Weinberg will now be hiring the fifth superintendent of his short reign.

Rest assured the next candidate for superintendent will be properly vetted by the 'friends of the program.'

"Board President Marshall Weinberg contends that the turnover in superintendents is not a trend. It is, instead, purely coincidental. It has nothing to do with the board of education, the community or the direction of the district, he said" (The Independent, March 23, 2011).

Sure.

"purely coincidental"

There are a number of reasons the turnover is so high, and why one hire, Chris DiLoretto, left before his start date.

Firstly, a number of the 'friends of the program' football boosters believe they run the school system. It is their toy, their hobby, the weekend project in their garage.

They tinker, without really knowing what they are doing.

The Superintendent, as the top dog, or top tiger to be correct, has to take the brunt of their obnoxious behavior, and complete lack of understanding about what running a school system truly means.

Secondly, according to word on the street, not one of these four prior superintendents, if they were speaking "off the record" could stand working with the Bloviator in Chief, Marshall Weinberg.

He knows everything. About everything. And tries constantly to usurp the authority of the Superintendent.

When you watch an episode of Every One Loves Marshall, better known as the televised school board meeting, you wonder if anyone else gets a speaking part.

Some day, the real story will come out, which will clearly explain the reasons that Lisa Carmichael could not stand Marshall, and sought other employment.

At least she let us know what she really thought of him.