As we all saw on Tuesday night, Holmes ignored parliamentary procedure. A board - any board - every board - cannot tolerate that.
Not a word should be uttered - until the Chair deals properly with the Point of Order.
Robert's Rules of Order explains the exact process of dealing with it. As Trustee Scott asserted, the superintendent had to know what should come next. Why didn't he explain it? His words should have been, "Madam Chair, it is necessary to deal first with the Point of Order."
Holmes wouldn't have known what to do, and then the superintendent could have explained, speaking into his microphone so that ALL could hear, the process for dealing with a Point of Order.
He probably doesn't have to worry about his job. If Holmes got mad at him, and then her three buddies and she decided to fire him, the three conservative trustees probably would not have joined in. A super-majority is needed to can him.
How many is a super-majority in Richland2-Speak? 3/5? 2/3? 3/4?
But, even if he got canned, he's got 18 months of pay to find a new job. How long would it take him to find a new job? 15 days? How many lines do you think he has in the water already?
Were the trustees smart enough to put in his contract that he gets "up to 18 months of severance or until he starts a new job, whichever comes first"? Or did they give him 18 months of pay ($349,500), even if he starts a new job in 15 days?
Who knows the answer to that $349,500 question?
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