Cummins, who has been with the district for five years, announced his plans to staff on the final day of school.
The R-5 Board of Education will begin the process of hiring Cummins' successor in the near future.
Cummins, who has been with the district for five years, announced his plans to staff on the final day of school.
Thank goodness
ReplyDeleteWould your parents or grandparents be proud of the manners expressed in your response.
DeleteNo sense in being polite to some bigot
ReplyDeleteConsidering the time his mother spent politicking for him and his own expressions of love and admiration for the NHS, he did not stay at the task long after being turned down by the SB for a mid-contract raise of 40K per year. There have been no improvements in any metric in our district with his presence. Except for spending millions with the local contractor on building, we do not have the staff to clean. So perhaps "Friends of the District" can spend some of their privileged time cleaning the floors!
ReplyDeleteYou have to wonder if Jim Cummins was complicit in trying to deny Melissa Osborne's (Goodman Elementary Counselor) husband death benefits when she passed away from COVID - since Jim Cummins sister was handling the district account (see below).
ReplyDeleteMatthew Osborne, the husband of former Goodman Elementary counselor Melissa Osborne red), filed suit against the district, the company that handles district insurance, Insurance Benefits Consultants LLC, and American Heritage Life Insurance after the company denied a $150,000 life insurance claim.
In the petition, Osborne's attorney, Phillip Donald Greathouse of the Joplin firm of Warten Fisher Lee and Brown, claims the company accepted a premium payment on the insurance before denying it, that Insurance Benefits Consultants screwed up and that the Neosho School District was negligent because it only hired the company "based on the familial relationship between its initial principals and employees and Superintendent of Neosho SD."
Tana Wise, the IBC customer service advocate/office manager who was handling the district's account and who acknowledged Osborne's acquisition of the policy, is Superintendent Jim Cummins' sister. Her husband is former Neosho R-5 Board of Education member Phil Wise, who resigned his board position in 2017 due to a "conflict of interest" caused by his position with Insurance Benefits Consultants.
Motions to dismiss have been filed by Insurance Benefits Consultants and American Heritage.
Tana Wise, the IBC customer service advocate/office manager who was handling the district's account and who acknowledged Osborne's acquisition of the policy, is Superintendent Jim Cummins' sister. Her husband is former Neosho R-5 Board of Education member Phil Wise, who resigned his board position in 2017 due to a "conflict of interest" caused by his position with Insurance Benefits Consultants.
What a shame. Spend millions, mistreat staff and staff family, line the pockets of local friends, and no metric improvements to show. Sounds like Neosho.
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