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Teachers Vote "No Confidence" in Williams, asks for Schoemehl's resignation

By Antonio D. French

Filed Monday, June 5 at 7:11 AM

At a special meeting yesterday, the St. Louis Teachers' Union unanimously voted "no confidence" in Superintendent Creg Williams and his administration.

Approximately 600 of Local 420's members showed up to vote on Sunday, according to union officials.

Mary Armstrong, the union's president, said the union has several issues with the district, including: more than 1,000 teachers having to re-apply for their jobs after Williams moved to reorganize 13 schools, continuing payroll mistakes, summer school assignments, and salary schedules. Click here to see the union's top 20 issues.

KSDK is reporting that the union also asked for the resignation of former school board member Vince Schoemehl from the school system's pension board.

"We contend that Mr. Schoemehl is not a valid stakeholder in the pension system," Armstrong told Channel 5.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

It probably should be noted that the resolution for a "no confidence" vote did not specifically name Superintendent Williams. It named the St. Louis Public Schools Central Administration. I believe it specifically did not name Superintendent Williams on purpose, though I have no first-hand knowledge of this. It also appears that many Union officials are gearing their criticism towards the lawyers and consultants who are giving advice to the Superintendent, rather than Dr. Williams himself. I know KMOV TV incorrectly named the Superintendent rather than the Central Administration as the direct target of the "no confidence" vote. Just thought the difference, however small, may be worth noting.

Monday, June 05, 2006 12:10:00 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It probably should be noted that the resolution for a "no confidence" vote did not specifically name Superintendent Williams. It named the St. Louis Public Schools Central Administration. I believe it specifically did not name Superintendent Williams on purpose, though I have no first-hand knowledge of this. It also appears that many Union officials are gearing their criticism towards the lawyers and consultants who are giving advice to the Superintendent, rather than Dr. Williams himself. I know KMOV TV incorrectly named the Superintendent rather than the Central Administration as the direct target of the "no confidence" vote. Just thought the difference, however small, may be worth noting.

Monday, June 05, 2006 12:11:00 PM

 

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