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Interim superintendent, 7 others seek to lead TPS
(Blade, The (Toledo, OH) (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Dec. 9--The list of eight applicants to become the next leader of Toledo Public Schools includes its current interim superintendent, two former military men, and the head of a small local district in Monroe County.
Toledo Public's Interim Superintendent John Foley, who was appointed to run the 29,000-student district after Eugene Sanders resigned in May, and Marlene Kennedy Mills, superintendent of the Mason Consolidated School District in Erie, Mich., were among those who applied.
PROACT Search Inc., a Milwaukee-based firm, was hired for $30,000 plus expenses of up to $20,000 to conduct the search.
Board Vice President Deborah Barnett said the school board would adhere to a Nov. 30 deadline and not accept more applications.
Earlier in the week, board President Darlene Fisher said PROACT intended to continue soliciting and accepting resumes for the job until interviews started in January.
The other applicants are:
----Craig Bangtson, 56, of Leitchfield, Ky., the former superintendent of the 14,500-student Bartow County Schools in Cartersville, Ga.
----Debra Brathwaite, deputy superintendent and chief academic officer of the 16,000-student Dayton Public Schools.
------Luis Gonzalez, 60, of San Antonio, superintendent the last three years of the 2,000-student Mathis Independent School District in Mathis, Texas.
----Michael Harding, of Granger, Ind., superintendent of the 7,000-student Michigan City Area Schools in Michigan City, Ind.
----John O'Sullivan, Jr., of Jacksonville, former superintendent of the 21,800-student Independent School District 279 in Maple Grove, Minn., and former superintendent of the 34,000-student Savan-nah-Chatham County School District in Savannah, Ga.
----Stephen Stohla, 58, of Alliance, Ohio, superintendent of the 3,300-student Alliance City Schools.
The search firm will examine the applicants' backgrounds.
Mr. Foley is being paid a $130,000 annual base salary, a $500 monthly car allowance, and health benefits under a contract that runs through July 31, 2007.
In 2004, he became assistant superintendent of school improvement and reform and in August, 2005, was named chief of staff.
Mr. Sanders' base salary in Toledo was $147,767, but his total compensation was $194,179.
Ms. Mills, 56, was a Toledo Public special education teacher for six years, assistant principal at McKinley Elementary for three, and principal of Fulton Elementary for one year. She has run the 1,400-student Mason schools since 2002.
Mr. Bangtson holds a doctoral degree in business administration and finance. He has 26 years of experience as a superintendent at five districts.
Ms. Brathwaite is in her fourth year with the Dayton school system. She was a deputy superintendent for New York City schools from 1997 to 2001.
Mr. Gonzalez has a doctoral degree in educational administration.
He was superintendent of Mason Consolidated from November, 1996, until he left in September, 2001, to become superintendent of the 12,000-student Edgewood Independent School District, San Antonio.
Ms. Mills replaced him at Mason Consolidated.
Mr. Harding began working in Michigan City in July, 2004. His contract was renewed Tuesday by a 5-2 vote of the system's board, extending it until June 30, 2009.
Mr. O'Sullivan, a retired Air Force colonel with more than 28 years of military service, started in May, 2005, as head of Independent School District 279, also known as Osseo Area Schools.
The school board delivered a unanimous vote of no confidence in December, 2005. He resigned in February, 2006, and the board approved a separation agreement worth more than $150,000.
Before that, at the Savannah-Chatham district, the school board agreed in November, 2004, that Mr. O'Sullivan would leave the system yet continue to receive his $163,200 salary in monthly payments through June of this year.
Mr. Stohla has been superintendent of Alliance City Schools for three years. He began his career as a teacher and joined the Army Ohio National Guard. He left the Guard for active duty with the Army as a major. After 12 years, he left active duty as a colonel and returned to education.
The Toledo school board received the list yesterday during a special meeting.
Board member Larry Sykes asked Ms. Fisher whether she told the search firm to withhold the list from the board and the media until yesterday.
Ms. Fisher said the list was released yesterday, instead of shortly after the Nov. 30 deadline, because she felt all board members should receive it together.
None of the board members commented on the applicants.
Contact Ignazio Messina at: imessina@theblade.com or 419-724-6171.
Copyright (c) 2006, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News.
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