It was quite an eventful Tecumseh Public Schools Board of Education Meeting Monday night…and the drama carried over into Tuesday morning.
Tecumseh Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Rhoades was placed on a non-disciplinary administrative paid leave by the school board starting Tuesday… a day after his Superintendent contract was approved unanimously by the board.
Allegations brought against Rhoades at the March 25th Board of Education meeting have triggered an investigation will be conducted by an independent firm.
In a statement from Board President Tim Simpson, the board says they cannot go into detail. The Board of Education is working to secure an individual to serve in the role of interim superintendent during the investigation period.
At the meeting on Monday night, Assistant Superintendent Griff Mills resigned from his position.
Here is audio of Mills from the meeting…
Mills thanked the board for the opportunity and is looking forward to serving in his role as the High School Principal.
A large number of people attended the meeting to express concern over the employment of building principals and staff…and emotions seemed to boil over when Board Vice President Rebecca Brooks read this from a prepared resolution regarding the contract of a TPS building principal Carl Lewandowski…
There was a call for newly-hired Superintendent Ryan Rhoades to resign from his position based on allegations made against him and job qualifications. After the nearly three hour meeting, WLEN News asked Rhoades to address the call to resign…
Several teachers made an appearance at the board meeting to address an email that was sent to them by board President Tim Simpson. The impression seemed to be that everyone’s job was at stake. WLEN News talked to Simpson after the meeting and asked him the about the content and the reason for sending the email out…
Teachers and staff cited the wording of the email as a point of concern, and WLEN News got reaction from President Simpson…
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