I can't say about Dr. Lolli, but credible sources say Dr. Price is back in town.

This shouldn't surprise anyone.  Did we really think a guy who was a lifelong Kansas resident was going to come here for more than a cup of coffee?

Superintendent leaving Middletown for Kansas job

MIDDLETOWN —

http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/news/middletown-superintendent-candidate-for-kansas-sch/nWpFx/

WELL.......A NICE SHORT SWEET, PROFITABLE TRIP TO OHIO FOR RASMUSSEN. THE COMMENTS ABOUT BEING SORRY TO LEAVE IS "APPROPRIATE" IN THIS SITUATION. IT'S WHAT THEY ALL SAY TO "LET THE DISTRICT DOWN EASY". PERHAPS....PERHAPS THE REAL TRUTH IS THE MAN IS GLAD TO BE "GOING HOME" AND NEVER INTENDED TO STAY FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME. SUPERS SEEM TO BE WELL TRAVELED NOWADAYS WITH SEEMINGLY LITTLE TO NO COMMITMENT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THEY ARE RUNNING. ALLEGIANCE IS ABSENT IN THE SUPERINTENDENT RANKS IN TODAY'S WORLD. MOST COME IN, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS, INSTITUTE SOME PROGRAMS, GET A LEVY OR TWO PASSED, ALL THE WHILE SEEKING THE NEXT STOP IN THE SUPERINTENDENT EXPRESS. LOYALTY? CARING? COMMITMENT? NAH. JUST NOMADIC IN NATURE. AND SO IT GOES.

Nice guy--nice couple

Rasmussen never had any intention of staying. He did however manage to outsource busing, custodians, substitute teachers and qualified school nurses which were replaced by 10 under qualified LPN's of which 5 have already been let go. Just wondering if the woman from Kansas he hired to oversee the technology department will be returning to Kansas with him? 

Enough,

Bill, I wonder if the subject of school nurses strikes a chord with you?  Why do you think they only treat fevers and boo boos?  I wonder if you really understand the scope of nursing services.  Enough, you obviously have some experience with MCSD.   I wonder if citizens realize that AESOP is an automated substitute teacher system that is operated by Warren County Educational Service Center?  MCSD pays WCESC to run this service, just as they pay Hamilton County ESC and Butler County ESC for other services.   Obviously,  MCSD is cutting costs, but at what cost?  In Saturday's Journal, there is an article about the Monroe audit.  The interim Super states "My frustration simply was, in the audit, they look only at dollars and cents and not the implication to quality of education."  Is this what MCSD is doing?  Cutting costs and cutting quality?  I wonder.

If Libbie were to become the superintendent, you essentially would have the top administrative staff from Monroe.

Today's Journal.....

Rasmussen’s strength was “his ability to listen to others”

As superintendent, Greg Rasmussen was the voice of the Middletown City Schools District the last three years. But what separated him from other school leaders was what one school administrator called his “standout quality,” his willingness to listen to others before making decisions.

In the days since Rasmussen announced he was leaving Middletown this summer for the same position with the Andover (Kansas) Public Schools, those who worked closest to him — school administrators, the school board and PTO presidents — expressed the same sentiment: He was good for the district at a time when it needed a stronger leader, and he’ll be greatly missed.

Marcia Andrew, president of the Middletown school board said.....

Carmela Cotter, a second-year principal at Middletown High School, said.....

Rasmussen also understood the importance of all extra-curricular activities, and not just sports, said Gary Lebo, the district’s athletic director

Ann Mort, who has served on school boards and city councils, ranks Rasmussen “in the top” of the Middletown superintendents she has worked with over the years

Bev Howard, parent facilitator at Rosa Parks Elementary School.....

Shena Pruett, an assistant teacher and safety patrol mentor at Highview Sixth Grade School.....

ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN QUOTED IN THIS STORY ARE EITHER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS OR ARE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. IT IS NATURAL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A FAVORABLE OPINION CONCERNING RASMUSSEN. WHAT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE? WHAT DID THE PARENTS OF THE STUDENTS THINK OF HIS EFFORTS? HAS SCHOOL DISCIPLINE AND PROBLEM AREAS REALLY BEEN IMPROVED? POLICE DIDN'T GIVE AN OPINION IN THE STORY RELATED TO REDUCED CALLS TO THE SCHOOLS. SHOULD THEY HAVE BEEN ASKED? STORY DIDN'T COVER THAT. THE MAN MAY HAVE BEEN VERY CORDIAL ON THE JOB AS HE LISTENED BEFORE ACTING. COMMENDABLE APPROACH. DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAS BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH, NOR DONE THE "EYE-OPENER" TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD PUT HIM IN THE "BEST OF THE BEST" CLASSIFICATION AS SOME ABOVE SEEM TO SUGGEST. IT IS ALL MEANINGLESS AT THIS POINT AS HE IS GOING BACK TO KANSAS AND THIS DISTRICT IS BACK TO SQUARE ONE.