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Norwalk: Opdahl Spins Contract Snub


by turfgrrl


August 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Given that the BOE up to recently has been a spineless bowl of jello when it comes to providing oversight to Corda and company, the symbolic act of not granting contract extensions to Corda and Lang are somewhat significant. In football, a lack of extension would be management signaling that a coach needs to start looking for another job, and so we must to interpret the lack of extension in a similar way.

So today’s Hour digs into the lack of extension. Naturally, Jodi Bishop Pullan defends the lack of contract extension as nothing. This is one of those immutable rules of math that says nothing from nothing is nothing. The other big nothing, Opdahl, explains “I don’t know why they decided to do a three-year contract (in the past), I didn’t ask for it then and I didn’t ask for anything now. It’s what’s in their best interest, guess.”

Well, its not like we were going to get any sort of comment about Opdahl anyways, its not like he’s going to frankly admit, “I’ve mismanged so much here, I’m surprised that I haven’t been fired.”

So back to chariman nothing:

Bishop-Pullan said it was her understanding the vote indicates that “we are moving away from the multi-year contracts to get more flexibility
and more accountability.”
She added, “We are not evaluators of performance.

Yegads Jodi, if the BOE is not the evaluator of performance then you might as all just sit back and do nothing, oh … wait. Of course the BOE is an evaluator of performance, just like any board of directors is. The performance you evaluate is the big picture, macro performance of the whole, and the management leading departments. Management whose contracts you approve. Corda, Land and Opdahl work for you Jodi. What a dimwit.

Corda similarly paints a rosy picture about this too.

Frankly, if people are dissatisfied with your performance and you’re not performing well, then there are means to end the agreement,” he said.

Hrmm, well Corda, the ball is in your court. Opdahl’s performace borders on criminal neglect and malfeasance. Don’t you think its time to end this bamboozlement and actually do some good for Norwalk?
source: The Hour, BOE chief: Contract not a no confidence vote , by LAUREN GARRISON, August 30, 2007

Tags: Education · In the News · Norwalk

5 Responses so far ↓ “Norwalk: Opdahl Spins Contract Snub”



  • 1 blood from a stone // Aug 30, 2007 at 1:00 pm

    Jodi Bishop-Pullan actually said “We are not evaluators of performance.”? I am speechless as my jaw has just hit the floor. This BoE has GOT TO GO! NOW!

  • 2 JODI PULLAN IS AN IDIOT // Aug 30, 2007 at 4:14 pm

    JODI PULLAN IS AN IDIOT

    AS A PARENT, WE DESERVE BETTER. HER ATTITUDE AND STATEMENTS ARE STUPID AND RIDICULOUS.

    SHE SHOULD RESIGN OR BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.

  • 3 Anonymous // Aug 30, 2007 at 4:31 pm

    Calling Jodi an idiot is not exactly proper. What she is is a BOE member who has allowed Corda to think for her and she has become a part of the disfunctional group. She is not an idiot. She is a very smart women but common sense she lacks. Personal attacks such as that are not helping anyone. Stay focused on the issue at hand and use your opportunity in November to change the thinkless tank that is now running our schools.

  • 4 Anonymous // Aug 30, 2007 at 4:47 pm

    Sorry anonymous, only an idiot would say that they are not supposed to evaluating performance. Wouldn’t a smart woman have said that they have evaluated Corda’s performance against criteria the board has set? Does everyone in this town feel obligated to defend the substandard performance exhibited here? I know I’d be fired for such statements.

  • 5 Anonymous // Aug 30, 2007 at 5:01 pm

    I’m not defending her at all. What she said and what she and the BOE members have done and no performance should be grounds for removal and we can do that to many of them in November, however, attacking someone by calling them an idiot is a bit over the top. I am appalled and disgusted by the way this BOE has handled Corda and friends. Contracts should not be extended and no raises are warranted. Jodi needs to rethink what she says to the media because for once, we the taxpayers are really listening. As someone said on another post, “Thank God for the Council members who put their feet to the fire and opened up our eyes.

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