Two months after announcing its search for a new superintendent, the District 202 Board of Education will meet tomorrow in special session to appoint John Harper’s successor.
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The new associate superintendent will “shadow” current superintendent Harper for the 2013-14 school year and take over the role when Harper retires in July 2014, according to Director of Community Relations Tom Hernandez.
READ: DISTRICT 202 TO HIRE NEW SUPERINTENDENT BY DECEMBER
In September, the board announced it was inviting area superintendents to apply for the position.
Calling it a “very limited search,” board president Roger Bonuchi said it was important to the board to “pick someone who is from Illinois, who is local to Will County.”
Harper, who started his career as a social studies teacher at Indian Trail Middle School in 1981, has been superintendent since 2002.
In October, two committees — one comprised of District 202 administrators and the other of parents and school staff — interviewed candidates hoping to succeed Harper.
According to District 202 documents, Harper's base salary for the 2011-12 school year was $270,446, plus an additional $49,007 in benefits.
The special meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the District 202 administration center, 15732 Howard St. The agenda also includes orientation for prospective board of education candidates for the April 2013 consolidated election.
The filing period for candidates begins Dec. 17 and ends Dec. 26. Four seats, each carrying a four-year term, are up for election.
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So does that mean Harper will take less salary in 2013-2014 to pay for "his shadow". WOW is Plainfield School District screwed or I should say Plainfield tax payers are screwed.
We had to search the country for teachers but we found a new Superintendent in the backyard? Sounds like they chose the candidate before the process started IMHO. Maybe if they had someone more qualified they wouldn't need to shadow Harper and cost us 2 salaries since we can barely afford one!
Most of the people in Illinois voted for Change in 2008,and forward in 2012. So why should we expect anything different from our school board, let the tax payers take care of our school board while we have a person shadow the superintendent so he can show the shadow how to achieve such an outrageous salary, cut programs in schools, remove teachers, reading specialists, support staff, etc. Ask the parents who already pay outrageous taxes to supply more while we give them less.
Significantly more than half the schools in D202 didn't even meet state progress standards. The district as a whole has completely failed to meet adequate yearly progress standards. There is nothing special about 'Plainfield Schools'. That was just an advertizing slogan used to sell homes. Look for yourself, and find me a SINGLE category where D202 meets state standards; http://iirc.niu.edu/District.aspx?source=Comparison&source2=Scatter_Plots&districtID=56099202022&level=D Use evidence to support your claims, don't just make up a story that you would like to be true, and then repeat it thinking it will somehow make it true.
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His picture says it all - smiling all the way to the bank!