Price Has Applied for the Beavercreek Job

Dr. Steve has applied for the Beavercreek soupy position. I guess the question is- what hasn't Stevie applied for to leave the wreakage he has created here in Middletown? The school board has put new parameters to perform on Stevie and he's feelin' the pressure! Beavercreek schools are rated as Excellent meeting 29 of 30 indicators. If Price gets the job, how long do you think it will take for him to dismantle the excellence and have them performing at the "continuous improvement" level? This guy wants outta here badly! You go Stevie- Pleeezzzz just go. Can we drive you somewhere (anywhere) out of town? Unfortnately, his reputation must precede him as he is o for 2 getting out of town. Worse yet- we may never get rid of him!

So did he get the job at Beavercreek or what?

When will the school board start the superintendent search to replace Dr. Price? After he is gone? Heck if I had an employee that was applying for a new job in a very public way, I would indeed be looking for a replacement BEFORE he or she is gone.

Good thoughts VietVet. Dr. Price is a hard man to work with. He never grants an interview and despite being friendly on the surface when I meet him in public, his reputation is one of 'my way or the highway.'  Results in the Middletown school district have been disappointing despite the huge TAX INCREASE we have suffered through. (Our tax on the building here at MUSA has gone up over $10k per year since he took over, mostly due to the new school buildings).

If you want economic development, you need good schools with improving results. In the name of diversity, they have pussyfooted around real efforts for improving academic achievements.

The biggest problem I see is no one wants to run for the school board. Our current SB president wasn't even elected. He was appointed and then voted by the board to be president.

John- I agree. Dr. Price is now a man under siege. After all these years, perhaps even his most staunch supporters are wavering. I can certainly attest to your statement about "my way or the highway" I've told this story before here I think. Years ago, my wife and I went to a levy session at the Seniors Center when it was downtown next to the city building. After Price gave his opening remarks, he opened the floor for comments. The levy supporters were sitting on one side of the room and we were on the other. I took along some proficiency test score comparisons from districts around the area. It showed, once again, that Midd. was on the bottom in every category by a significant percentage. I compared this school system to a poor performing company that had high costs, low quality, unhappy customers, losing money and making the shareholders very unhappy. The good doctor said he disagreed with the comparison and "didn't see it that way" in a very defensive posture. The man can't be talked to or reasoned with, even using data for support, and, he refuses to acknowledge continual problems and address them. Price is like this city government- he won't face the fact that he has a problem. To fix any problem, they both must admit that they have them. If not, problem solving goes no further. Why is so hard to admit that one has shortcomings when they are in high profile positions of authority? Public respect would surface if the person would just tell it like it is and make an attempt to fix it while keeping the public informed of the progress. We just can't seem to get those types of people into key positions anymore. jmo

The latest round of test scores and ratings seem to have been buried very quietly.

Pacman wrote: If everything is so wonderful in the MCSD why has the MCSD removed the report cards from each school on the MCSD website. If they are there I sure can't find them.

I guess this means that it's time for Price and the BoE to tell us how open, transparent, and communicative they are once again!!

I am only going by seeing Ms McNeil on TV Spider.  I am just not the Social Butterfly of Public Events that you are......  I'd give it to Fiora.

Just as a follow-up. Anyone heard anything about Dr. Steve and the Beavercreek position or did I miss the announcement?