The Day CCSD Died

Today, CCSD died as a school system as the School Board offered the job of superintendent to Dwight Jones, the commissioner of Colorado Education. Jones was the least qualified of the three superintendent finalists. He does not have a doctorate degree. He supervises only 300 employees. He has been a superintendent of a school district of only 6500 students. He has a questionable history of personal spending, so much so, that he had to put his personal spending of taxpayer money on the web. He also has given questionable raises to his administrative staff.
And this is the best CCSD came up with?
From the Las Vegas Sun: The Clark County School Board voted 6-1 tonight to offer the job of schools superintendent to Dwight Jones, the commissioner of education in Colorado.
The dissenting vote was Linda Young, who said her constituents were divided and that she thinks the selection process was too speedy.
But, she said, “If he comes here, he will have my full support.”
The next step will be negotiating a contract with Jones, who would replace Walt Rulffes, who in March announced his retirement.
In picking Jones, 48, the school board chose an educator with experience working with other state education commissioners and the federal government. But he has not run a school district since 2007, and Clark County is more 40 times larger than that district, Fountain-Fort-Carson, in Colorado.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/29/colorados-dwight-jones-offered-job-clark-county-sc/
The School Board choose political correctness over quality. They decided early on they they were going to hire a minority applicant, no matter if the person was qualified or not. The fact is that there are far more applicants, including minorities, more qualified than Jones within CCSD. Shoot, there are a handful of employees at my school that are more qualified at my school than Jones.
When the history of CCSD is written 20 years from now, September 28, 2010 will be the day people will look at when CCSD died as a school district.