"Mrs. McGuigan, a member of the minority, also questioned whether Mr. Casey, Mr. Douaihy and Mr. Martinelli should be involved in negotiations. Mr. Douaihy and Mr. Martinelli are retired Scranton teachers, and Mr. Douaihy’s wife, Mr. Martinelli’s daughter and Mr. Casey’s mother are all Scranton teachers."
Article link HERE.
So what we have are three sitting board directors who have close family members that would benefit from a contract favorable to teachers. In fact, Director Douaihy would personally, financially benefit from such a contract. This is, in fact, wrong on so many different levels.
Please, someone try to defend this nonsense.
2 comments:
Now that says a million words! My Dad served on the Scranton School Board for 12 years. He believed that teachers did not belong on school boards. I agree....
Mike,
Thanks for commenting,
If this doesn't meet the definition of a conflict of interest, then nothing does. I wonder if the directors in question will refrain from voting on the contract?
Here's one more question: why weren't these relationships widely discussed PRIOR TO the last board election?
Regards,
- Steve
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