Personnel matter back on closed-door agenda
JANESVILLE — The Janesville School Board planned another closed-door meeting tonight to discuss what is apparently an allegation of misconduct by a district employee.
The meeting, to be held after the regular board meeting, will be the third in five days. The board has been unusually closed-mouthed about the meetings.
Also unusual is that Superintendent Tom Evert has not been at the meetings. Evert is the boss of all district employees except himself. Normally, Evert would discuss personnel problems with the board or have a subordinate do so.
The board is Evert's boss.
The only other person in the room during the closed-door meetings has been district legal counsel David Moore.
Evert was out sick Monday, but he spoke to a Janesville Gazette reporter by phone. When asked about the board's meetings, Evert would say only that any information should come from Severson or Moore, because they know what the board is discussing.
District spokeswoman Sheryl Miller said this morning Evert was not at work this morning but would be working part of the day.
Tuesday's closed meeting agenda, faxed to news outlets Monday afternoon, includes negotiating "public business relating to a contract of employment."
The board might reconvene in open session afterward "to consider a motion to approve an agreement relating to employment of a public employee," according to the notice.
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Feb 10, 2009 at 9:42 p.m.
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Evert will retire immediately! Woo Hoo!
Feb 10, 2009 at 9:35 p.m.
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What do you mean by "gone"?
Feb 10, 2009 at 9:04 p.m.
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Evert is gone, and board members are squirming in their seats as they avoid answering questions. Yet, they all say he did nothing wrong. A bit strange, if you ask me ...
Feb 10, 2009 at 8:52 p.m.
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Evert is gone.
Feb 10, 2009 at 4:37 p.m.
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I smell two tarnished (or retarnished) reputations in the near future.
Feb 10, 2009 at 3:30 p.m.
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My "big one will get away" comment was meant at first as a joke about all of us expected to fish around for the truth. But now that I look at it, there is a double meaning: no matter how much "fishing" is done, will we ever be told the complete truth?
Feb 10, 2009 at 3:22 p.m.
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Sorry if I missed it ihavealife, but what is the $10,000?
Feb 10, 2009 at 3:09 p.m.
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Now, I'm convinced ihavealife is hot on the trail ... good work!
Feb 10, 2009 at 2:43 p.m.
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garyprimer . . you crack me up!
Feb 10, 2009 at 2:12 p.m.
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I agree HockeyJockey. Add with this the story of Evert wanting to work for the Studer Group-- yep I think they are fishing...or perhaps they are wanting everyone else to go fishing. I'm thinking the big one will get away this time.
Feb 10, 2009 at 12:27 p.m.
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About absolutely nothing, except insinuating that Tom Evert is the subject of the allegation. If the Gazette is going to imply that, they had better be right.
Feb 10, 2009 at 11:37 a.m.
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Great story about absolutely nothing.
Feb 10, 2009 at 11:16 a.m.
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What's that, Lassie? What's wrong, girl? Tom Evert's in trouble at the Old Mill?
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