Superintendent Blames Tone Deaf Administrators...

This is the guy that said no to the Montgomery County Board of Education.  Instead, Robert Avossa took the job of superintendent in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Listen to the video below as Palm Beach Superintendent Avossa speaks about a recent disaster with the Palm Beach County school bus routing.  He actually puts blame on administrators and says parents and bus drivers should have been consulted!  Not only that, he is actually speaking about a problem himself.  He isn't hiding behind a public relations bully who will call your boss if you print that!

Can you imagine if the MCPS Board of Education had been able to hire Robert Avossa and he was the superintendent here?

 School bus crisis: Superintendent has some answers

Palm Beach County's new superintendent would make a base salary of $350,000 a year under a proposed contract, likely making him the highest paid in Florida.

...In addition to salary and health, life and disability insurance, Avossa's proposed contract includes other perks and allowances.
Deferred compensation of $24,000 a year, which will go into a tax sheltered annuity.
An automobile and expenses associated with it, including tolls, fuel, oil, insurance and maintenance.
A business expense account of $1,000 per month.
Membership in several professional associations.
The employee's contribution into the Florida Retirement System and up to $19,000 additional per year at the end of each year of service.
Technology, including a smartphone of his choice, a personal computer system, software, high-speed Internet connection, laser printer and fax machine for his home.
Twenty-two days of leave per year and one sick day per month, in addition to normal district holidays.
Twenty weeks of severance pay if he is terminated without cause. This is the maximum allowed by the state...

 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-palm-superintendent-contract-20150421-story.html

Breaking: MCPS Superintendent Finalist Announced and Lost to Florida

You can only read the article linked below if you promise not tell Board of Education President Patricia O'Neill that you have learned the name of one of the finalists for the position of the MCPS superintendent.

Board of Education President O'Neill has already made it very clear that she does not want the names of the MCPS superintendent finalists made public.

So, if you can keep a secret you can read this AJC.com article about a finalist for the MCPS superintendent position that just accepted another job in Florida. 

...Avossa is also a finalist for the superintendent position in Montgomery County, Md., but he told reporters at the Palm Beach Post Thursday that “Florida feels like home to me.”...

 http://www.ajc.com/news/news/fulton-school-superintendent-avossa-to-leave/nkwnQ/