Narcisse under fire from school board

Posted on February 21, 2008 in Schools & Education by DM

des moines public schools logo For a full report on the February 19 school board meeting, visit Around Des Moines.

Take 13 minutes and watch this whole school board discussion about Jonathan Narcisse’s frequent radio diatribes about the quality of board leadership.

Video from Channel 12 Educational Access, posted on the Register’s website:
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220/VIDEO01/80220033

Superintendent Nancy Sebring begins by taking issue with Narcisse’s recent insistence that graduation rate data was incorrect and that staff was misleading the board and the public. Other board members then pile on, expressing their dissatisfaction with Narcisse’s public criticism of the board. It ends with one board member proclaiming Narcisse to be putting other board members, students, teachers and the public in danger because of the “non-stop death threats” he says he receives.

What are your thoughts? Are Narcisse’s criticisms on target? Are his tactics fair? Is Narcisse beginning to effect ‘change from within’ by challenging the board in this way? Or is he merely serving to unite the board against himself? What’s the likelihood that the school board will soon be considering a new rule that forbids board members from participating in ‘talk radio’ programs?

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