Wednesday, March 29, 2000
Petitions urge 3 Springboro board members to quit
BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
SPRINGBORO — Dozens of residents upset with recent actions of the Springboro Board of Education are circulating petitions asking three of the board members to resign.
The residents claim that the members are micro-managing the district, that they forced out Superintendent Gary Meier and Treasurer Pam Asbaugh, have been secretive with the other two board members and are being fiscally irresponsible.
The unhappy residents are targeting Bruce Blume, Gary Ihle and board President Cindy Garland, who was elected in November.
“I feel the district is unsta ble right now with all the changes,” said Christine Iaconis, a Springboro resident who is among those heading up the petition effort.
Mr. Blume, who is in the middle of his first four-year term on the board, was unavailable for comment at work on Tuesday. There was no answer at Mr. Ihle's home and Mrs. Garland did not return a phone call.
Since becoming the board's majority, the three have changed the district's law firm, sought extensive information in the hiring of employees and agreed to pay Mr. Meier more than $280,000 to buy out his contract this month.
The board last week hired retired Warren County educa tor Ed Perkins as interim superintendent.
“Obviously, our city's quite concerned because many people thought Mr. Meier was doing a good job,” Mrs. Iaconis said. “Our concern is this was done very secretively. We have asked at repeated board meetings if Mr. Meier was forced out. Nobody can figure out what he did wrong.”
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