Right down to the bottom for this. How about money-sucking civil servants and their dragon boating spouses?

What can I say, slow week.

http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3349/9816/

"The board hired Schmitt in June on a month-to-month contract after former superintendent Vicki Phillips quit. During negotiations, Schmitt told the board his wife would be competing in a dragon-boat race in Sydney in September.

So that Schmitt could watch his wife’s race, the board agreed he could work from Australia starting Sept. 20. Until Oct. 17, Schmitt was to be available via BlackBerry. The price tag? $9,700."


Weird.

Who ever wrote this article could be a contributor to this forum. I noticed that they didn't bother to mention that the guy gave up $7,700 of the $9,700 fee until the last line. So the story is really about this guy taking $2k to work from the road. If the board only needed to contact him twice, one has to wonder if they needed an interim super at all