School boad race | Bottleneck or transparency?

I just read your story regarding the Snoqualmie Rotary Club’s candidate forum on the 15th. I was in attendance and felt that the Rotary did an excellent job putting on a well-balanced forum and asked both candidates some very difficult questions. I was most taken back by Mr. Husa’s admission that the school board has one-on-one meetings to discuss issues due to public meeting laws. Mr. Husa continued by saying that “you cannot be a bottleneck” when asked about when he has ever disagreed with the superintendent.

September 27, 2011 5:02 pm

I just read your story regarding the Snoqualmie Rotary Club’s candidate forum on the 15th.  I was in attendance and felt that the Rotary did an excellent job putting on a well-balanced forum and asked both candidates some very difficult questions.

I was most taken back by Mr. Husa’s admission that the school board has one-on-one meetings to discuss issues due to public meeting laws. Mr. Husa continued by saying that “you cannot be a bottleneck” when asked about when he has ever disagreed with the superintendent.

The current board just renewed the Superintendent’s contract until 2014. Our superintendent, Joel Aune, was paid $169,361 in salary plus additional benefits for 2010 -2011. The board members should be setting his performance goals and not having private meetings with him to come to a consensus.

Michelle Kauffman

Snoqualmie