Foley resigns just after contract renewal, something is going on here

Foley wanted a 2-year extension, which would have put him at the highest level for retirement - 35 years. They only offered 1 year. Might be the reason he's resigning as super. I wouldn't be surprised to see him take some other kind of state-retirement-system job for the 2 years. On the other hand, he still gets quite a nice sum at 33 years, just not the 90% he would have received at 35.

In the future you can refer to the superintendent’s office and the school board as the TFT/tps (lower case) board. Foley’s office was the last obstacle to a complete takeover of the Toledo school system. With the defeat of Wilkowski__ which would have given TFT a major voice on city council since many on his campaign were puppets to TFT with a hidden agenda that undermined his run for mayor even though he was told that this was going on. Now that they have gotten rid of Darlene Fisher, it is full steam ahead with the handpicked school board. With no fresh ideas; no communication with the various school advocacy groups; no transparency; no concerns about oversight committees; (Those hand picked to represent the Scott Oversight Committee are not even showing up for meetings) and no members independent of the TFT…it is what it will be. I have spoken to many parents, groups city government offices, minority contractors,civic groups and from advocacy groups and churches that are showing how difficult it is to work with tps. There are numerous groups that are expressing that they can not get a call from the school board when they have issues to discuss. The problem is that when they want to make one group that asks all of the questions the bad guy, they have a social network of friends that deflect all criticism from them. They have mastered this social network and utilize it every election. When running for election or to pass a levy the mantra is “ Toledo is making progress so vote for these supported candidates to continue this trend.” But after the election the mantra by the TFT head is that “we need another super because we are just running in place.” And while they like to say that Toledo really lost out when the Sanders staff left for Cleveland , according to this article we did not.

“Cleveland, OH (blackstar1000@ameritech.net)
With a high school graduation rate of 34%, the city of Cleveland has among the lowest graduation rates in the country-this according to the America’s Promise Alliance. In the most recent annual report filed by Cleveland’s Juvenile Division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, a total of 11,254 “Delinquency and Unruly” cases were filed.”

I could see the handwriting on the wall for Foley and told him as much concerning the treatment of those caught in the power struggle. I thought he would be able to see this and stand tall with those not in favor with the TFT/tps leadership. I was hoping that he would be able to see how they use people hoping that he would be able to take a stand for the parent, advocacy groups and others that only want a school system that works.

Michelle Rhee would run into a buzz saw if she tried to confront this powerful structure here in Toledo that only strives to keep the same people in office that got us into these problems. Their election and re-election becomes more important than the job they were first elected to do. They put on one dress and make-up to woe the public and then put on another dress and sinister mascara after they are in. You can not even recognize that they are one in the same after the election is over. Although Foley went along on many occasions it was still not enough. Now that they have the complete power to select a new super, do you think for one minute that he will not be beholden more to the TFT head than to the school system? The tps board is now bought and paid for by the TFT. If you don’t believe this…wanna buy a bridge to no where?