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The board voted 4-1 to approve the contract hiring Robert Saxton until June 2022, for a period of 190 days for a salary of $150,000.
During the special meeting, Saxton answered questions from board members about addressing equity in education, COVID concerns and diversity in staff and administration.
Saxton said he believes equity is about making sure all students can access resources, and not taking resources away.
“One of the most important things about equity when we’re trying to figure out how we’re gonna get equitable outcomes is to ask people what it is that they need in order to cause those things to happen,” Saxton said. “And when I say ask, I mean you have to ask everybody and listen really hard, in a way that they’re gonna understand and that you can appreciate.”
JENNIFER MOODY
For Mid-Valley Media
Rob Saxton, a former Albany teacher and administrator and Oregon s first deputy superintendent of public instruction, will interview Monday with the Albany School Board to potentially become interim superintendent.
The meeting will be at 5 p.m. and will be available for public viewing on the district s YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/c/GreaterAlbanyPublicSchools. Public comment on the candidate will be taken in writing in advance of the meeting.
Board members voted 4-1 in a special meeting Friday, with Michael Thomson dissenting, to suspend Board Policy CBB, which outlines the usual procedure for a superintendent search. They voted unanimously to authorize the district s legal counsel, Paul Dakopolos, to negotiate a contract with a prospective interim superintendent candidate subject to board approval at the next board meeting.
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Some attendees brought signs to the meeting, and cheered or booed during the proceedings.
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The vote was 3 to 1, with Directors Pete Morse, Roger Nyquist and Brad Wilson voting to fire Goff, and Director Michael Thomson voting no. Chairman Eric Aguinaga abstained.
Goff was not present at the meeting, at the request of the board.
Oregon State Senator Sara Gelser wrote a letter to the board in support of Goff, which Thomson wanted to read out loud. His request was denied.
In the letter, Gelser said she was concerned Goff is being blamed for the COVID-related difficulties the school district encountered. Gelser also mentioned criticism of Goff’s policies on inclusion and diversity.