When economy was going well, voters in community fell asleep and did not ask questions about pension planning or clarity on other perks. Loan to assist move into community is not unusual for corporate relocations in years past. It is not a question of whether they are fair or not. It is a question of the role of the board, transparency, and community education. There were a lot of good things done in consolidating some administrative functions, use of resources, innovative programming. Dr Griffith did nothing wrong by asking for compensation or perks. Board and community was negligent in its analysis and understanding of unexpected consequences.

Harry Griffith's legacy has been defined by the scandal at Deerpath Middle School. At issue is the community's trust in Harry Griffith and the school boards that allowed him to define his legacy. I personally lost trust in both. We need to put this behind us and move forward.

For the love of God. Can't this community let anything die! It is over. Move on. All of this focus is wasted time and ridiculous. Not to mention, all the facts were not mentioned. If mistakes were made, so be it. We have wonderful schools and a wonderful board.

How can we put this behind us when the board (s) or someone in authority, names the Admin building on west Campus in his honor? Outrageous!

Rather than name the West Campus after Harry. Let's name a bank after him.

I am tired of naming rights and the jaded impression of service that inspires them--When a person performs their job in a responsible manner, they are being paid for exactly the reason they were hired. Communities must learn to distinguish between ordinary and extraordinary--there is nothing in this circumstance that suggests extraordinary. Let's go back to giving gold watches.

Everyone who says oh forget about doesn't know the value of a dollar. Some of my hard earned money is going to this man's outrageous expenses and I'm pissed. Why dont you just give me some of your money so i can go to a strip club or buy a fancy dinner.

The inmates are running the asylum. This is a superintendent position not the CEO of IBM. The salary and perks are not in line with his position or within the market. I hope we learn from this and then look at the City Manager and the perks afforded to him. Subsidized housing and all the other perks.

all the $$$$ in the world would not be worth working with the ungrateful,over bearing and ever complaining parents. It truly is battle pay. Harry was lucky to still be alive after his tour of duty.

Marco,
Ask that you get your head out of the Sangria............ Guess why blame Harry as he is nothing more than an employee of the board.
This will all be over when we have a new board that spends for the right reasons and is accountable to the community. No hiding, No tall Grass,

Tax payers deserve information, and should appreciate the media for finding and sharing it! I didn’t know about the perks, the trip to China, the huge pension, until I read about it! A reader claims it’s “Bad for LF”? It makes us look bad, but not because the Patch has “stirred up the pot”, but because all these things actually happened! So we should just hush up ( “to protect LF”? ) when our money is being misspent? All of this “stirring of the pot” just might help to prevent this from happening again...

perhaps you should change your name to NO sober judging by your comments.