Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Williams is gone. It appears the School Board has gotten the message!

Dr. Williams was an “employee” performing the duties of a “consultant" at $900 per day. See: prior posting.

Dr Williams - Consulting Payments - FOIA 100505-001002

Text of the article reads:

Williams Earned $69,750 For School Chief Consulting Work
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

By TOM ROBB                                                          Journal & Topics Reporter

Former East Main Elementary School Dist. 63 Supt. Dr. Kathleen Williams has been working in a consulting role for the district at $900 per day since last August, one month after she retired and began collecting her pension. That work is now complete.

“I feel fully transitioned, there is no more need for her (Williams) to continue,” said Supt. Scott Clay.

Williams worked 77.5 days for the district, said Clay, for which he was paid $69,750 as an employee of the district earning no other benefits besides her pension without any written contract or written expectations.

Williams was brought back into the district after 10 years as superintendent to assist with the transition from her demonstration to Clay’s.

Her duties in this “consulting role” included mentoring Clay, new principles and other top district officials, overseeing new entranceway construction projects at four of the district’s schools that are near completion and overseeing preparations for the expected H1N1 pandemic, that never materialized, said Clay.

Clay confirmed that Williams was brought back as a regular employee with no written contract outlining her consulting work. She received no extra benefits beyond her pay and pension.

I was asked by a neighbor if the information presented in the article is directly related to this Blog site, the FOIA requests and the E-Mail communication with Dr. Clay.  Like I told him, you take a look and see what you think.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

She's not gone. She's still around. Check it out.

Kenneth Butterly said...

How do you know? Has she been seen on District property performing work since June 2, 2010?