Inside New Berlin

I sent NBPS Superintendent Dr. Paul Kreutzer an email last week requesting to inspect:

• Dr. Kreutzer’s original contract with New Berlin Public Schools
• The amended 2007-2009 contract and 2009-2011 contract for Dr. Kreutzer that were approved last month by the New Berlin School Board
• The District’s contract with Blake Peuse, who was hired to be NB West’s new principal
• Retirement agreements approved by the New Berlin School Board for Dave La Borde ( the current principal at West) and West associate principal Robert Krecak
• Records of any bidding process undertaken by NBPS in hiring financial consultant Roger Dickson, who reportedly has no written contract with NBPS and is being paid a $100 per hour rate. (District Business Manager Ross MacPherson resigned from NBPS a few months ago)
• The minutes of the Board Meeting at which the New Berlin School Board approved the hiring of Dickson (if it did)

I asked some questions, too.

As a taxpaying District resident, I’d like to know:

• What process was used in hiring Dickson? Who selected him and when? At what rate is the District paying Dickson?
• Whether Jeridon Clark, Royce Lindner, Jocelyn Sufsberger are new hires and what specific positions they’d hold at NBPS? (Their “administrator contracts” were approved by the New Berlin School Board last month)
• What is the cost to the District for its new “Expect Excellence” PR campaign, including the design/adoption/implementation of the logo & slogan, other associated expenses, and consultant costs

I may do a blog post addressing those issues after I receive the District’s response.