PTO Council Meeting With Interim Superintendent Dr. William Papallo

The first PTO Council meeting of the year will be on Monday, September 21st beginning at 7:00pm. The meeting will take place in the Community Room of Norwalk City Hall.  Dr. William Papallo, Norwalk Public Schools new Interim Superintendent will be there to introduce himself and to answer questions regarding this transition process under way in the district or any other questions audience members may have.

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  • http://intensedebate.com/people/AuntBertha AuntBertha

    I think I will be there. It will be interesting to see the direction we are taking under new rule. I hope for good things.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NorwalkCoach NorwalkCoach

    I think he has to be better that the guy who just left, and if the board allows him enough authority to do the job they hired him to do (i.e., if they don't try to micromanage), he will do fine. Those who expect him merely to keep the ship afloat and not to make changes, will be surprised. Norwalk's school system has lacked good leadership for a very long time, and it cannot afford to have a superintendent who is just marking time. Dr. Papallo will do just fine if they let him.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/WeRock WeRock

    Dr. Papallo has all the support he needs. He is going to show ya all how its done.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/HateThis HateThis

    Why don't they just hire Papallo – they keep hauling him out every time they screw up with somebody else!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/NwlkSpectator NwlkSpectator

    I truly don't know all the "ins" and "outs" of this particular situation, but…I believe that the State Department of Education has guidelines governing the employment of interim superintendents and, if I am not mistaken, Dr. Papallo can only serve 210 days or something like that. He can't be hired as a "permanent" superintendent and based on the comments that he made at the last BOE meeting about the "gruelling" interview process Norwalk uses, he might not want to be.

  • http://www.intensedebate.com/people/NorwalkCoach NorwalkCoach

    Good morning, NwlkSpectator,

    The issue with Dr. Papallo is a CT State Teachers' Retirement Board (CTR B) matter because CTRB establishes limits on the pay a person who is collecting a CTRB pension can earn in any job requiring certification in Connecticut's public school systems. While there are temporary exceptions made for certain teaching and administrative shortage areas, the shortage areas specifically exclude the position of superintendent of schools, even if on an interim basis.

    I don't know the particulars of Dr. Papallo's contract, but I would guess that the Norwalk BoE is deferring some of his compensation to the 2010 – 2011 school year; otherwise, he would have the choice of stopping work once he had been paid 45% of the maximum salary for Norwalk's superintendent of schools position, or he could have his state pension stopped until he ended his employment.

    Like you, I don't know everything there is to know about this, so if anyone has corrective information, please post here.

  • http://www.intensedebate.com/people/NorwalkCoach NorwalkCoach

    Good morning, NwlkSpectator,

    The issue with Dr. Papallo is a CT State Teachers' Retirement Board (CTR B) matter because CTRB establishes limits on the pay a person who is collecting a CTRB pension can earn in any job requiring certification in Connecticut's public school systems. While there are temporary exceptions made for certain teaching and administrative shortage areas, the shortage areas specifically exclude the position of superintendent of schools, even if employed on an interim basis.

    I don't know the particulars of Dr. Papallo's contract, but I would guess that the Norwalk BoE is deferring some of his compensation to the 2010 – 2011 school year; otherwise, he would have the choice of stopping work once he had been paid 45% of the maximum salary for Norwalk's superintendent of schools position, or he could have his state pension stopped until he ended his employment.

    Like you, I don't know everything there is to know about this, so if anyone has corrective information, please post here.