Who works for whom?

In the Richland 2 School District -

Does the superintendent work for the School District? Is he directed by the School Board?

Or does the school board work for him?

The correct answer is easy and very clear.

The superintendent works for the District. The Board tells him what to do (and what not to).

How does it work? If the District directs the superintendent to do something, it will be by Board direction. Somebody on the Board will make a Motion  (or there will be a long silence); somebody else will second the Motion. There may or may not be discussion, and then there will be a vote.

The vote is where you find out who works for whom.

There are seven trustees (well, that's questionable). Four "Yes" votes are needed to approve a Motion.

The way things are happening right now, if the superintendent wants something, he can count on votes from McKie, Holmes, Shadd, and Caution-Parker. Those four control the board.

It won't matter what Manning, Agostini and Elkins-Johnson say or want.

If the Board wants to send the superintendent down the road, it takes five (5) votes. He'd have to shoot someone in New York City, and there probably wouldn't be five votes to fire him even then.

The only allegiance the Board should have is to the taxpayers and voters in the voting boundaries of the Richland 2 School District. Those are the "bosses" the Trustees should have to keep happy.

There is an election coming up on November 3, 2020 for three School Board members. Start doing your homework now.

A more critical election will be in November 2022, when voters have a chance to decide on McKie, Holmes and Caution-Parker. Will McKie have paid her $51,750 fine to the S.C. Ethics Commission by then?