Today’s (1/9/2013) El Paso Times says in an article that the El Paso Independent School District hired two people last night — their first in-house attorney and a director of guidance services.
The writer evidently asked the interim superintendent what the salaries to be paid were. The printed response was that they had not been determined.
For crying out loud! Who would take a job without knowing at least the low point of the salary range to be paid?
For that matter what reporter would not ask how a job can be offered but salary not determined (at least in a range)?
What kind of an answer was that from an administrator who is supposed to be rebuilding public confidence? It seems that things have not changed much over there.
It seems that some of the writers at the El Paso Times think that their job is to simply repeat whatever some government administrator tells them. No questioning allowed. That is unless part of the article was edited out.
If I wanted to read government press releases I would.
Instead I buy the El Paso Times because I would like to read critical reporting.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
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Unfortunately, EPISD is not alone in this approach. UTEP has in the past hired coaches before finalizing the terms of their contracts and the coaches actually started work before the contracts were finalized. Once a high-profile coach starts the job, it’s quite clear who is in the strongest negotiating position.
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