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By Ryan Gauthier, Staff Writer Updated 2:45 AM Saturday, November 21, 2009

MIDDLETOWN — The Middletown Board of Education is scheduled to meet today, Nov. 21, to review 25 applications for the district’s superintendent position.

The board will adjourn to executive session to narrow the field of candidates provided by Boston-based recruitment firm Carney Sandoe and Associates.

The Middletown Journal put in a request for the applications Oct. 21, but was denied access to the documents under the reasoning that the school district does not have them.

District spokeswoman Debbie Alberico said the board “cannot, and has no legal duty to, provide documents that do not yet exist.”

Alberico invited Journal staff to make a new records request after today, but noted “the district and its search consultant do not plan on keeping any of those resumes in any event.”

However, board President Greg Tyus on Friday afternoon agreed that the public has a right to know who the candidates are for superintendent, but said he simply cannot produce what he does not have.

“I won’t see anything or know anything until (this) morning when (senior search consultant) Barry Rowland makes his presentation to us,” Tyus said. “The school district will turn over to the Journal and anyone else whatever we have possession of.”

Contact this reporter at (513) 705-2871  or rgauthier@coxohio.com.

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we went from academic watch to continuous improvement coz they lowered the standards. during the same time we went from the bottom 100 districts in the state to the bottom 20. some continuous improvement huh?

he did nothing
1:19 AM, 11/22/2009

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Price was around for a quite awhile. The district built several new elementary schools and the budget was streamlined when he was here. The district also came out of academic watch and whent into continuious improvement when Price was here. I think people didn't like him because of all the changes that occured when he was at the helm. Many more changes are needed.

what has he done?
3:35 PM, 11/21/2009

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What do you mean what has he done, he hasn't had the job long enough to do much of anything.
Dr. Price was around for quite awhile and HE certainly didn't do anything but scr*w things up.
Since they want a new person make sure you don't get someone as lousy as what Monroe got, da*n that woman has got to go!!
Voting NO on ANYTHING to raise tax dollars.

Middie
10:13 AM, 11/21/2009

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I like Dr. Norris too. But I don't think he should be the permanenent schools' boss. Our community has changed. We need someone at the top who can affect chages in the way principals work and think and the way teachers teach. Middie 89 and Teacher are going to have to realize...they have to change.

changes are needed
8:40 AM, 11/21/2009

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He may be a nice man, but really, what has he done? He sent out an email in August saying he was in the hospital and giving his phone numbers to teachers. Since then, it's as if he doesn't exist. Steve Price has been at the high school still (with his kids) more often. We haven't ever seen Norris Brown up there. I'm not saying I want Price back, but keeping what we have isn't the answer either.

what has he done?
10:44 PM, 11/20/2009

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