Should the West Jefferson Hills superintendent be on paid administrative leave?

 Dear Atilla,

I have read and reread the comments to find the name calling you refer to.....don't see it from the people defending the hiring of Mrs. Breisinger.  I did see you referring to people as boneheads.....You seem to want to refer to this as a football crowd and when the plethera of other organizations are mentioned, you become slightly sarcastic?  Were the people that spoke at the board meeting well respected within the community and did they have valid points?  If you were in attendence at the board meeting you would have seem the number of organizations represented.

As stated previously, there was no mob present.  The attendees at the board meeting all were civilized professional people voicing their opinion as they have a right to do.  To call it a mob is just not appropriate. 

You should ask about Mrs. Kinavey's appearance at a band booster meeting where she berated the band boosters and treated them like first graders, said things about school personnel which should have been kept behind closed doors.....it only added to the legitimacy of her removal in my opinion.

She may have been acting within her scope, but she is accountable for decisions that cannot be substantiated......she is accountable for her actions and must answer if they were inappropriate.

 you are obviously a TJ inbred, disgruntled school district employee or family member of the Breisingers - possibly all of the above.  The football and basketball boosters are one in the same, mostly TJ inbreds, who think because their kid plays football they are the best at every sport, just not academics necessarily.  That is where having a teacher on staff who can slide them along and help them make the grade comes into play. 

IAs for the other groups you name, you are very presumptious to think their members all share your opinion of Mrs. Kinavey, as I am a part and do not.  Employees don't like it when the boss makes them do their job.  Our district has quite a few deadbeat teachers that need to go or be reigned in.  The school board is made up of mostly spineless TJ inbreds who only look out for their own.  So get your own facts straight.

 Juniper J

There are many people in the district who like and support Mrs. Kinavey, but unfortunely will not speak out at a school board meeting or any public forum in TJ.  This is because they would be wasting their time talking to TJ inbreds who run this district and get no action.  In addition if you have the misfortune to have children still attending school in the district, their school life will become a living hell due to these people and their children if you speak against football or a teacher on staff.  That is how you inbreds continue to get your way.

Dear Discusted TJ Parent.....no need to attack me for my opinion.  I am not TJ inbred, I am not a member of the Football or Basketball Boosters, nor am I a member of the Breisinger family (not even a close friend).  I have no attachment other than a respect for the family and their positive impact on the community.....I can say the same about many of the people I know who grew up here and have remained in the community.  How dare you impy Mrs. Breisinger will slide students along.  Her track record at the school is anything but.  As I understand it, she sits with students and helps them become better.  This is why the faculty within her department and the high school administration wanted her as part of their team.  Hmmmmm....unsubstaintiated personal attacks on her will not help your cause. 

I never said all band booster share my opinion, however, now that you mention it, I have spoken with several members of the band boostes and many do share my opinion.  Not sure what you are referring to as far as employees not liking it when the boss makes them do there job.  I was referring to an incident where she publicly said things about faculty and administration.  Comments which I believe should have remained behind closed doors between the parties involved.....truely this would have been the professional way to handle the situation.  Certainly not as part of a meeting where she also berated the audiance.  Again, not the professional way to handle the situation.

Your quote "School Board is made of spineless TJ inbreds".  Wow, how do you really feel? My facts are straight....the board meeting was attended by many factions within the community.  The faculty and high school administration is glad to have Mrs. Breisinger on board for good reason.  I am sorry, but I believe Mrs. Kinavey is accountable.  If her reasons for her actions are justifiable, she has the opportunity to be reinstated. If not, I hope the board will stand behind her removal.  Why don't we let Ira Weiss do his due deligence and see what comes out of it.....or is he inbred also? 

 Not sure how long you have to live in the district to ne considered an inbread.  I have been here 20 years and still don't feel like one.  I think I understand the concept though.

I have spoken to a couple superintendant friends from other districts and here is their take on this.  They think Mrs. Breisinger, qualified or not, had a friend or friends on the school board who gave her the high sign that the job was hers.  Then, Mrs, Kinavy, without informing the board, decided otherwise, as was her professional perrogative.  Mrs. Breisinger rallied her troops and caught the board (or most of them) off guard.  What resulted was a typical *** match between the board and the superintendant, which the superintendant never wins.  And with this *** board (yes, I resort to name calling), instead of handling the matter discreetly, they make a circus out of it.  That's why most of my friends would never interview for the job at WJHSD.  They refuse to be a puppet to dumbasses.

That about sums it up.

 Dear Attila

I too have lived in this community for 20+ years.  My definition of a TJ inbred is these big groups of families whose parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, cousins, and every relative known to them all live here and inter marry with other such TJ clans and then proceed to control and get their way in every aspect of the community, from politics, school, sports etc.  They are related to everyone here in some way, so they always have the upper hand.  Just look at our illustrious school board we have several.  This most recent hiring is just another example.  It really shows in their arrogant children and what they get away with in the community.

These Kinavey bashers better be careful what they wish for.  I know she isn't perfect, but the losers on our school board might fire her and get us someone really good - maybe like the piece of work they have over in West Mifflin for a superintendent.  Or maybe they will buy her out and waste several thousand dollars of our tax money, on top of the $500 a day they are going to pay the temporary superintendent.  She has been with the district for at least 13 years and done a good job and this is what she gets.  I would just like to know how to get rid of some of the crappy teachers we have in this district with such expediency.  I'm sure Mrs Breisinger is a lovely person, but the last thing that school needs is another TJ inbred with football ties, we already have Cherpak running the place.  You shouldn't be able to get a job just because you can bully the school board.

"just a mom in TJ" have you considered the fact that Mrs. Breisinger has applied for numerous jobs in the district over a period of years, when Mrs Kinavey was not superintendent, and was never hired. That tells me all I need to know.  Others have applied for jobs in the district numerous times and didn't get hired, but unfortunately they aren't TJ inbreds with a million relatives and football supporters to cry fowl for them to get a job.

How exactly was the district being improved and who was playing politics? The position was posted in April of 08, the day before the start of school not only was this position not filled, but it was downgraded from an English/Reading specialist position to just and English teaching position. How exactly does this show Terry Kinevy's qualifications? She was unable to get the complex high school schedule completed before the first day of school and that she was unable to find one qualified candidate to hire fulltime for the job before the first day of school. So she is either unable to fulfill her job requirements or she was playing politics with Mrs. Breisinger. Funny how people in the community standing up for a qualified person is playing politics, but a superintendent not hiring a teacher for a job that was posted for four months and changing a recomendation that was made by the hiring team is not politics. The facts came out; Mrs. Breisinger's name was removed from the blue sheet that was to go to the school board. If a superintendent is going to go to that length to not hire someone, then they better at least have a full time teacher to fill the position not a substitute. How is giving the kids in the district a substitute instead of a fulltime teacher doing what is best for the district? Remember it was not only the community that felt Mrs. Breisinger was qualified, but it was also the hiring team. The fact is they recommended she be hired (Mrs. Kinevy included), and then behind their backs Mrs. Kinevy took Mrs. Breisinger’s name off of the blue sheet.

 Hey, don't paint all of us TJ inbreds with the same brush as the Briesinger Family of Inbreds. We aren't all from the same holler. We all don't have the same personal agendas or use the bully tactics that they use. We inbreds aren't all self serving. Nor are we all in it for our own egos.  Poor Mrs.Briesinger - forever to be known as the teacher who needed her husband to take down the superintendent to get a job.  Its all about winning for them. Doesn't matter who they take down or hurt in the process. Victory to the Jaguar Nation!  

 TJInbred,

You're just plain cruel and nasty and apparently you just don't get it.