The Alabama Education Association recently hired Gene Murphree, former vice chancellor for fiscal services at the state Department of Post-Secondary Education, on a temporary basis to analyze the impact of equity funding on Baldwin County, officials said.
John Hudson, Baldwin County representative for the union, said he didn’t know when Murphree might complete a report or what will be done with it.
Former state education official hired by AEA to review impact of equity funding on Baldwin County
Yes, this is the same AEA that criticizes the school board for hiring consultants.
What’s the impact? The impact of equity funding is that we send $45 million to other districts while our kids are sitting in overcrowded classrooms and people here are being fired.
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John Hudson needs to mind his own business.. I loathe the AEA, there part of the reason the school system is in such a mess. Mr. Hudson would prefer the school system stop hiring contract people. I am sure he would.. because these people are not dues paying members of the big bully union known as the AEA. By the way Mr Hudson, how many jobs has Faron Hollinger created for your members who refused to do their jobs and were the ring leaders of trouble. I wish the paper would print their names and salaries!! Rest assured everyone in the school system knows who the sorry *** are. They should be ashamed to show their faces. These are employees that should have been terminated, taxpayers should know what this people are costing them. When did the AEA get the right to tell school systems how to do their jobs and who to hire? I think I will call the daddy gorilla Paul Hubbard tomorrow and tell him how to do his job! How many of your members are sitting now drawing a paycheck waiting on arbitration? Probably more than you can count.. the AEA STINKS!!!!!!!!!!!
Seems to me that “AEA Stinks” has been on the wrong side of AEA. I wonder what high level job “AEA Stinks” has with the school system?
TopHat, makes one wonder who you support as well…
Judging from previous posts I do wonder your connection either to the school board or to Mr. Hollinger himself. I do I agree nepotism is rampant at various levels within the Baldwin County system, but it is not so widespread that nothing good is accomplished. I will say the next election cycle will be quite interesting. I have seen press releases regarding current members and the goings ons and various affiliations. I saw one that most likely won’t get run, but the quotations from board members are down right hysterical. My favorite involves the current tax debate and a sitting member of the board.
As for me… well lets just say I’m looking out for the interest of the students. Just as I did when I was a student in the BC system. If you’ve got some free time, you can find out exactly who I am.
Lets just say I didn’t think standards should be reduced for the purpose of boasting higher passing percentages.
AEA and Hudson harrassing BOE for hiring consultants and what does Hubbard do? Hire a consultant! I love it. What will AEA look into next? Legal fees? They’re the main cause of legal fees.
Hey Tom. Actually, I believe the Board and Hollinger have done the students in Baldwin County a disservice. I am sure that they would dispute that but that is my opinion. For the Board to approve the expenditure of the millions of $ for the feeder patterns just because the people of Spanish Fort did not want to build their sports facilities with their own money was not the best use of funds. Other communities have stepped up to the plate in recent years.
How many jobs could have been saved if the system still had that $7M? I am sure there are plenty of more examples like this one but I do not feel like going through the board minutes to pull them out.
I know the drill between operating and capital improvement funding but all the funds start out at the same place, my pocket, before they are alloted between the two funds.
Even though the two funds are different, most citizens do not care. They see the Board spending money on items that are not needed now.
Overall, I believe Hollinger could have been a more forceful leader and could have accomplished a lot of good things for the system, he played too much politics by allowing the Board to control him and he surrounded himself with too many people on his staff who were trying to implement their own agenda while trying to push him out. How many of them are now going around letting it be known that they want to be the next superintendent?
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