Superintendent Round-up

Another squawk from Mr. Bernard:

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Subject: [Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch] New comment on Superintendent Round-up.

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Response to what, my friend and future admirer? I have so many quarrels with the board that you must be specific.

At your post here, you published Tom Gonzalez's letter.

Gonzalez thinks that you wrote this:

“The School Board had 10 days over the usual 20 to answer the complaint. The School Board failed to do so.” The woman who filed the charge, Ms. Satchell, gave me the impression that Gonzalez had missed the school-board filing time. I thought she had followed the issue closely and knew the score. But what if I did mix up the filing times? That's nothing to fulminate about as you are doing.

I suspect you have some hidden agenda like sexism: not thinking it's ok for a woman to speak out. Or you have some buddies in the administration and think it's ok for it to run ROSSAC like a crony jobs program for family and sycophants.

Gonzalez writes this:


Although I believe the order to be self-explanatory, I note that on April 28, 2008, Judge Arnold allowed the School Board and the individual defendants additional time within which to respond to Ms. Satchel’s complaint. Therefore, neither the School Board nor either of the other defendant -i (sic) (cunieform?)required to file a response to the suit until Tuesday, May 6, 2008.

I refer to this response. Is it true that Gonzalez provided the document? Does it outline what he says it does? I think you knew what I was referring to. If you've got the guts, respond.

Gonzalez provided me no document about the filing. And it takes no guts to merely tell the facts. Courage has to do with acting in a difficult decision to do the right thing. This is not one of those cases. It's simply a question about a clerical detail by a fellow--you-- whose head is filled with tremendous trifles.

All your talk of guts makes me laugh. When I do provide my name, you question it and then make fun of it (although the breed is a St Bernard). You must have been a great teacher and role model.

My nursing patients used to call me "Ms. Dreary," because my maiden name was Drury. I laughed. I didn't attach undue significance to the situation. You seem to be the kind of fellow who strains at gnats. You have my condolences, Mr. Whatever.

I was a competent teacher most days and an inspired one occasionally. And I did inspire a number of students. The best student evaluation I got in 28 years was "off the wall but knows her stuff." And I was a role model for a number of students. Most teachers are.

Your obsessions are trivial. I am an intellectual. Give me something tough to answer or hush up.

If you have a big crush on Gonzalez, write him a billet doux. He might like to receive one. lee drury de cesare

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Moderate comments for this blog. There are a couple of nay-sayers in the comments cul-de-sac. Here's one who is arguing that Ms. Elia does not need any experience such as being principal before she becomes superintendent. Somebody answer this logician of the last resort. I have to deal with a specimen who calls my satire a pack of lies. lee

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So you would agree that every US general must have slung hash in an army kitchen? That the head of Fed Ex must have experience as a motor mechanic? That Bill Gates has experience cleaning the toilets at Microsoft?

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Subject: [Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch] New comment on LAW OFFICES THOMPSON, SIZEMORE, GONZALEZ & HEARIN....

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post " LAW OFFICES THOMPSON, SIZEMORE, GONZALEZ & HEARIN...":

You are obsessed with the provision of names, but only from someone who disagrees with you. Interesting. This is my blog, sugarbritches. I can be as picky as I want to be. I demand the names of any person I choose if the antic mood descends upon me, and the antic mood is usually upon me. It's the only mood in which one has any fun.

My name is Paul Barnard.

Is this a nom de plume? And is the last name kin to those wonderful dogs who carry water around their necks to people stuck in the tundra?

Now, why are you bringing up Gonzalez's lies as a distraction? Is this a technique you use regularly to cover your own lies? Can you think of a better one? If so, share it, and I will put it to work.

Did Gonzalez really provide you with a document that showed that the Board had more time to file a response than you maintained?

Response to what, my friend and future admirer? I have so many quarrels with the board that you must be specific.

Have the guts to provide a response. ;)

I have done so. If it doesn't suit you, meet me in the ROSSAC parking lot for a shootout. Weapons are either pistols or feather dusters. I advise you to pick pistols. I am lethal with feather dusters.

What does the cunieform or Romper Room squiqqle mean at the end of the entry? I know only English, French, Italian, and pig Latin. Now's the time to go learned on me to show off your erudition.

love and kisses-

lee

Paul Barnard

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Posted by Anonymous to Lee Drury De Cesare's Casting-Room Couch at 6:39 AM

Well, it looks like Mr. Grego will get the job of superintendent in Osceola County. He and Elia were the two last standing in Hillsborough County superintendent lottery. The board had not selected anybody outside the county since 1967. They dredged up Dr. Lennard from the bowels of vo-tech.

The board advertised "nationwide" for a superintendent at the cost of $35,000 to the taxpayers when its members knew all the time that the ad was a cover-their-hind-quarters gesture. But taxpayer money was well spent, they figure, on covering their backsides.

The only current board member who did not participate in this fakery was April Griffin, not on the board then--not that she wouldn't have fallen in line if we can judge from her subsequent performance on the board.

Elia's experience was minimal--and all in the HC school system. The board took umbrage at a well-qualified candidate who, they said, was hoity-toity. The woman had excellent credentials and the assurance that go with those. This board is so parochial that anybody with academic pizzazz cows them. A students intimidate them. They want a C student, and they got it in Elia.

My read is they since the board was scared of anybody with ability, Elia with her meagre credentials, HC-only experience, and no Ph.D. (the board lowered the PH.D. requirement to Elia's master's) suited the board just fine. My read is that a person with ability threatens the board C students, so Elia, who has to struggle with grammar and punctuation and who probably flattered the imminently susceptible board members to a faretheewell from her in-house spot got the job. Since then, Otero has acted her faithful lieutenant in the weird protocols of the secondary school system administrations.

A teacher told me at the protest of the extra class to the board that Otero would have been worse than Elia. I wonder if that teacher would have said that after Elia left her goody campaign mode and morphed into Madame Chiang Kai Chek with the extra class, the grade inflation scheme, and the Spring, avoiding teacher input in all three unilateral decisions.

I got these data from the St. Pete Times's Mr. Solochek. He never says anything spicy or reveals anything about the underbelly of school politics, the reason why newspapers are bleeding ad revenue apace and giving way to the blogs, but he has the facts right.

The Osceola board is all men. That fact may give Le Otero agita sooner or later. You know how competitive men are. This will probably be another Freudian Totem and Taboo primal horde choreograph. The bottom line is that Otero should guard his goodies in Osceola: that 's Indian country. Think General Custer. lee

May 20, 2008

Wait continues for superintendent hopeful

Hillsborough assistant superintendent Mike Grego was a finalist Tuesday for the top job in Osceola County. But the School Board put off a final vote for two weeks.

Three of the Osceola Board members have stated that they favor Grego for their next superintendent. The other two prefer Alberto Carvalho, an associate superintendent from Miami-Dade. That didn't seem to change on Tuesday, according to Osceola schools spokeswoman Dana Schafer. But a Carvalho supporter presented new data about student performance from both candidates' home districts.

Since the information had not been vetted, a decision was tabled until June 4 to allow Board members time to further interview the candidates, Schafer said. "This is the most important decision they have to make," she added. "It's a two-week wait to say are you comfortable with your decision."

Grego, 50, was one of two finalists for Hillsborough superintendent three years ago and has expressed interest in the open job in Pinellas schools.

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May 20, 2008 in Hillsborough County


The following will remind you of how easily Elia got the job from the board naifs for the 8th largest school system in the country. I infer they thought she would be the least likely to interrupt their incumbency. Elia's extracting the job from the board was like taking candy from a baby. The members have the sophistication of an amoeba.

After three years of her disastrous administration in which she has shown herself to be the greediest superintendent to come down the pike, the board adores her. Board members Griffin and Valdes gave her a C rating but rubberstamped her bloated contract. That's like saying, "Elia's a dud, but we don't have the guts to give her an F." ldd

Hillsborough names new school chief

The Hillsborough School Board voted unanimously to name facilities chief MaryEllen Elia the district's first female superintendent.

By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHEK
Published May 19, 2005

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TAMPA - Hillsborough School Board members stuck with the familiar Thursday, choosing facilities chief MaryEllen Elia to be the first female superintendent of the nation's ninth-largest school district.

Elia, who has never been a principal or superintendent, immediately set an ambitious agenda that keyed into the board's top goals. She pledged to redouble efforts to eliminate the achievement gap and to take every possible step to meet the incessant growth that fills schools faster than the district can build them.

"The board had some excellent candidates," said Elia, 56, who won a unanimous vote on the first ballot. "The issues that I think are most important right now - the issues of student achievement and growth - are issues that I've had experience with."

Before taking over the construction and maintenance department in 2003, Elia led the district's secondary education division. She also created a widely acclaimed magnet school system.

Board members credited Elia, a 19-year district veteran, with developing relationships with other government entities.

"This wasn't because she was a woman, though I think a woman's perspective is a value," said Candy Olson, chair of the six-woman, one-man board. "This person is the best person. The relationships she's built over years with all levels of people in our community, that speaks for itself."

Rumors have swirled for months that the fix was in for an insider. Earlier in the week, board member Jennifer Faliero pointedly asked Hillsborough assistant superintendent Michael Grego, another finalist, whether he was the "chosen one" to replace retiring schools chief Earl Lennard.

He said no.

Elia, meanwhile, deflected questions about whether she benefited from a "good old boy" system.

"I am the antithesis of the good old boy system," she said.

The board needed little time Thursday to pare the five-candidate field to Elia and Grego.

Detroit schools CEO Kenneth Burnley withdrew his name moments before the board convened. Miami-Dade deputy superintendent Sonia Diaz impressed board members with her knowledge, but apparently rubbed some the wrong way with what were deemed "prima donna" traits.

Former New Orleans superintendent Anthony Amato did not get enough votes to move ahead.

Elia and Grego sat tensely in their usual meeting chairs, hands folded, as board members began to discuss their preferences. When vice chairwoman Carolyn Bricklemyer joined the chorus leaning toward a candidate with experience in construction and instruction, Elia gave up trying to not smile.

Grego sank into his chair. He later congratulated Elia and offered his support.

Board members expressed no concern that they ran a national search that ended with a leader they've known for years. The district has not hired an outsider as superintendent since 1967.

See tomorrow's Times or sptimes.com for the full report.

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Mr. Linda Kipley Gets Job Unfairly

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Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 1:51 AM
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The crony hiring practices of the school board have handed a job to the husband of Linda Kipley, head of Professional Standards. Ms. Kipley’s husband has no college degree and minimal accounting experience, cited as “sales rep/accounting.”

I was able to examine four of the remaining candidates’ application for the job. I called Ms. Salem, with an accounting degree and an economics minor and years of experience as an accountant for a major corporation. She is handicapped and uses a walker.

I told Ms. Salem that if Ms. Kipley’s minimally qualified husband gets the job instead of her, she is entitled to file with the EEOC for discrimination based on national origin (Ms. Salem is Egyptian and has a slight accent), sex. She is also entitled to file charges under the American disabilities act. Perhaps she can file for age discrimination as well.

I shall inform all the applicants who look to have better credentials than Ms. Kipley’s husband that they can file discrimination charges with the EEOC.

The board is incapable or unwilling to rein in the administration’s unfair practices. It took a jury to rule that the board ignored Mr. Erwin’s warnings about theft, bid rigging, and shoddy construction of schools that the board and administration wanted to ignore and punish Mr. Erwin for pointing out. It will probably take the federal government to break this board of its tolerance for crony hiring.

Both the board and the administration are incapable of handling such areas as fairness pivotal to the vitality of the schools. The schools should not be a jobs program for a bunch of obtuse cronies and unqualified relatives of the administration. The next time a board member appears on your horizon, ask the fibber why he or she allows such vile practices in the schools that are supposed to support excellence, not cheating to get in the back door. Don't let him or her weasel out of answering the question.

See job description, Ms. Kipley’s husband’s application, and Ms. Salem’s application below.

Lee Drury De Cesare

Another Tale of Crony Hiring at the School Board

Linda Kipley's husband has got a job from the school board that he is not qualified for; he certainly is not the best qualified. I have reviewed four of the 19 applications.

Kipley has no accounting degree. He puts in the degree slot 2010. What does that matter to a job he is applying for now? He may never get a college degree. He has little if any accounting experience (sales rep/accounting) doesn't sound like any deep accounting decorates his resume.

Two of the four applicants I checked had accounting degrees. One, Ms.Tagreed Salem, has an accounting degree with a minor in economics and years of accounting experience for a major firm.

I have told Ms. Salem that if the board has turned her down for this job and picked the much-less-qualified husband of an administrator, she has a claim to file EEOC charges for sex and national-origin discrimination, and since she is disabled (uses a walker), she can and should file under the American Disabilities Act of 1990.

This crony hiring does not get the best candidate for the taxpayers' money. If Ms. Salem does not get a job she is vastly more qualified for than an administrator's husband, I will encourage her to file the charges above with the EEOC for her own sake and for the taxpayers'.

The board is too cowardly to challenge the administration's chronic crony hiring of incompetent relatives and chums. The administration's arrogance in this area needs a check by the federal government to stop this vile joke on the taxpayers.

I shall also ask Senator Martinez to help me get a federal compliance review of the board's hiring policies. One of the women rejected for Ms. Kipley's husband is Hispanic and has the college degree that he lacks.

I have to wait and see what the fifteen internal employees' files show. I intend to tell any one of them who looks discriminated against that he or she is entitled to file an EEOC charge. lee

Below, you will find:

1. My request for further information. 2. Job description 3. Ms. Kipley's husband's application No degree; no valid accounting experience 4. One of the four applications I was able to get: a woman with a bachelor's degree in accounting with a minor in economics and long experience in accounting.

Ms. Cobbe, I need the applications of the fifteen internal candidates for the accountant job to evaluate the hiring process.

In addition, the job application emphasizes the need to write in a clear, concise manner" and that the candidate must have "strong...organizing work paper procedures of documentation and writing procedural manuals and final reports."

I got no writing samples with the four candidates whose applications I reviewed. I would like to see those writing samples for all the 19 applicants."

In addition, I would like to see the results of the tests that the 19 applicants must have undergone to demonstrate knowledge of the abstruse computer programs listed in "D. Computer Skills."

I look foreward to receiving these materials in a timely manner.

lee drury de cesare

JOB DESCRIPTION

SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY District Auditing Office ACCOUNTANT II PERTINENT INFORMATION Thank you for your interest in joining the Auditing Team! The following provides some key information regarding the advertised position. Section F below has application information — please respond if you are interested in this position. A. DISTRICT LEVEL AUDITOR This position will be responsible for managing District-level audits, which may involve such diverse District level areas as worker’s compensation, health insurance, transportation, textbook inventory, maintenance operations, student nutrition services, purchasing, federal grant applications, etc. Emphasis will be placed on determining compliance with internal controls and prudent business practices, as demonstrated by the following types of audits we perform: + Financial audits for compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GARP) + Operational audits for compliance with Board policy + Performance audits for economy and efficiency + Defalcation audits for investigation of fraud or theft.

NOTE: This position is NOT related to our school-level auditors, who perform annual audits of school internal accounts or FTE student data, although those areas may be selected for a district level review. B. Audit Skills The primary function will be to develop, manage and execute audit programs suited to a particular audit. The auditor will be responsible for managing the entire audit process from entrance to the audit site to verbally exiting with the audit findings, including organizing the written workpaper documentation and writing the final report in a clear, concise manner. The position will work primarily independently, with possible assistance from one other audit team member and oversight by the District Audit Team Leader and Assistant Department Manager.

Often, the auditor will be working in unfamiliar areas, and so must adapt quickly to utilizing the data available from unique and diverse systems. While there are basic guidelines that must be followed, this will not be a repetitive position, but rather will be constantly challenging and building on prior experience. Single audit areas may encompass budgets ranging from $50-500 million, and cover a review of human resources, purchasing, payroll, inventory management, outsourcing options and compliance with best financial practices. C. Documentation I organization This position will converse with audiences of differing financial/accounting backgrounds. Both verbal and writing skills are needed with a strong emphasis on organizing workpaper procedure documentation and writing procedural memorandums and and final reports. District level audits are often months in duration, so organization skills, patience, and the ability to parse the workload into logical and manageable tasks is essential. Computer skills Heavy emphasis on computer skills is required to manage, consolidate and analyze massive amounts of data.

Typical tools used include various accounting software packages, Lawson software, Excel spreadsheets, Excel pivot tables, Access databases, mainframe data retrieval (Ezytrieve) programs, Word, and PowerPoint presentations. Travel The School District has sites located throughout the four corners of Hillsborough County, including Citrus Park, Plant City and Ruskin.

While this position maintains a desk in the downtown SAC administrative building, the auditor may be on location anywhere in the county for months at a time. As such, traveling via your own vehicle is an integral part of this position. (Note: Auditors are responsible for their own vehicles and are reimbursed for mileage at $37 per mile.) Self-motivation is also important. F. Application Process - what you need to do next if you are interested: 1. Certify — The Testing and Certification Office (Velasco / Graduation from an accredited’four-year college,) university with major course work in Accounting OR SUBSTITUTION - Acceptable accounting experience above high school level }— may substitute for the required formal college course work on a basis of 1 year of experience for each year of required college course work. However, no substitution will be granted for either high school graduation (or an acceptable GED Certificate).

Note that the Testing Dept. has sole discretion on what constitutes “accounting experience’ and other minimum requirements. 2. Send resume and research project - forward your resume via email (sharon.rileysdhc.k12.fl.us) or fax (740-4837). Also forward your response to the following research assignment: “Present information on the starting teacher salaries for the following counties: Manatee, Pineilas, Polk and Sarasota.” Please include your name and use your best judgment with that limited information. Your resume and research results are due by noon March 19, 2008. 3. Status — you will be notified of your candidate status on March 21,2008. 0. Other relevant information The following is provided for your information and is intended to be a general summary of School Board Policy, and as such, does not supersede or substitute for School Board policy.

Salary/Work Day/Work Year The beginning salary for an Accountant II is $17.97 an hour. Normal work days are eight hours per day, 253 days a year, for an annual beginning salary of $36,371. There are 13 paid holidays and 4 non-paid holidays. Included within the holidays are a Winter Break (December) and a Spring Break (March/April) timed to match the student breaks. 2. Fringe Benefits — for permanent employees only Sick Leave is accrued at 12 days per year. Vacation is accrued at ten days per year (for the first five years of employment). After 90 days of initial District employment, health insurance is provided for the employee (this is subject to change). Dependent coverage is available at employee expense.

After 90 days of initial District employment, life insurance is provided at benefit amount equal to the nearest lowest thousand dollars of salary. 3. Pay Raises Pay raises are set and approved by the School Board. Raises are subject to budget constraints and School Board discretion.

In any year, there may be no pay raise, or some combination of an experience step and/or a cost-of-living raise. 4. Parking Parking is a problem in the downtown area. You will be responsible for your own parking until your tenure and salary combination entitles you to a space on School Board-owned property. 5. The District Auditing Office The Department consists of one Director, 3 District level auditors, 4 student count (FTE) auditors, and 7 school internal account auditors. Each auditor primarily works independently. 6.

The Hilisborough County School District The District has over 22,000 employees (full and part-time), and as such is the single largest employer in Hillsborough County. It is the 8th largest School District in the nation, and the 3rd largest in Florida. It has over 185,000 students, 200 schools, and over $1 billion in revenues. Visit our District web site for more information — www.sdllic.k12.tLus! Thanks again for your interest!

current date and time: 5/20/2008 10:39:13 am Name: Kipley, Thomas James (spouse of Professional Standards Adminstrator Lindy Kipley) Accountant 1 Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: Multi Trades Worker 10 Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: Gen Mgr, Maintenance Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: Planner-Sch Site Facilities Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: Accountant 4 Acquired: 2/14/2008 Score - if available: 0 Analyst 1-Personnel Acquired: 2/25/2008 Score - if available: 0 Gen Mgr, Maintenance Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: 0 Inspector-Con str Acquired: 1/15/2008 Score - if available: 0 Accountant 4 Acquired: 2/14/2008 Score - if available: 0 Analyst 1-Personnel Acquired: 2/25/2008 Score - if available: 0

Gen Mgr, Maintenance Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: 0 Ins pector-Constr Acquired: 1/15/2008 Score - if available: 0 j QUICK LINKS: ] ARMED SERVICES CERTIFICATION WORK AUTHOR. COMMENTS (see top, left) COMPETENCIES (see top, left) CONTACT INFO. EDUCATION Multi Trades Worker 10 Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: 0 Operator-Senior Computer Acquired: 1/17/2008 Score - if available: 0 Planner-Sch Site Facilities Acquired: 1/13/2008 Score - if available: 0 Represent Sr-Call Ctr Suprt Acquired: 1/17/2008 Score - if available: 0 Represent-Customer Service Acquired: 1/24/2008 Score - if available: 0 Spec-Repair Parts Acquired: 1/17/2008 Score - if available:

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ETHNICITY JOB HISTORY JOB INTEREST RE FE RE N CES HR COMMENTS (if any) Current Date & Time: 5/20/2008 10:39:13 AM Name: Kipley, Thomas James Page 1 of3 [PRINT [Back to Previous Scsen] ONLINE Application [ .4’N’Z APPLICATION (PA31) LAWSON EMPLOYEE (PAll) 306329433 [ 43884 159175 Status: ACTIVE [ Status: A Last date of hire: 5/4/2008 https://apps.sdhc.k12.f1.us/brapps/aplinfo/PrinViewlndivApplnfoDB2.asp?LD=306329433 5/20/2008 ‘ion EnJed Page 2 of 3 Job_Families selected: Technical Professional;

CONTACT IN FORMATION [Back to Previous Screen] US Phone: WORK AUTHORIZATION: (Y) Applicant has current, valid work authorization. r-NIcITy: W ARMED SERVICES: Veteran? No, NOT a Veteran National Guard or Reserves? JOB INTEREST Date Available: 1/14/2008 What kind of job are you applying for? • tor; Accountant CERTIFICATION! LICENSES [Back to Previous Screen] Certificate/License Action Questions QUESTION #1: If you currently hold or ever held a florida Dept. of Education Teaching Certificate, has action ever been taken against your teaching certificate by the Florida Education Practices Commission? ANSWER:

N/A QUESTION #2: Has ANY state department of education ever refused to grant you certification or taken any disciplinaty action against you and/or your teaching certificate? ANSWER: N/A Certificate/License-- STATUS: No action status NOTE: IF on any Certificate/License, the state issuing the certificate IS NOT FLORIDA and/or there is NO CERTIFICATE NUMBER entered, that certificate/license information WILL NOT GO TO LAWSON. (per Janice Velez) •

Applicant did not enter any CERTIFICATES/LICENSES. (not required on application) EXPERIENCES/JOB HISTORY [Back to Previous Screen] Hilisborough County Public Schools (HCPS) EMPLOYEE INFO: Previous Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) employee? N Note: this answer was given when applicant filled out the application and may have changed since then. https://apps.sdhc.kl 2.fl.us/hr_apps/apl_info/PrinView_lndivApplnfojJB2.asp?ID=306329433 5/20/2008 ion EnJed Page 3 of 3 1.

Bus mess’s name: Robbins ManufACTURING (Tampa, FL US) Supervisor: Bruce Palmer May we call them? Yes 8139713030 ext:210 Location: Tampa, FL US / Your title at this experience: Accounting/Sales Rep Start date: 7/30/2002 End date4/8/2008 — Is this your current employer? No — REFERENCES [Back to Previous Screen] Reference Information in Lawson 1.R eference Name: Gabe High Business: Robbins Manufacturing Reference city: Tampa, FL US Business phone: 8139713030 ext: 202 Home/cell phone: 8139170545 Reference’s rating of applicant: Good/Exceeds Standards Reference Name: Gary Hurst Business: Robbins Manufacturing Reference city: Tampa, FL US Business phone: 8139713030 ext:426 Home/cell phone: 8139176447 Reference’s rating of applicant: Excellent/Exemplary EDUCATION [Back to Previous Screen] Grade/Degree/Achievement: High School or GED Equivalent Major: Business Administration and Ma Minor: Other *HS OR GED 2010-12-05 MINOR:Marketing College/Univ: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Date of Completion: 12/5/2010 (Odd entry in earned degree slot) EDUCATION RECORDS IN LAWSON Degree: High School or GED Equivalent Subject: Business Administration UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Grad Date: 12/5/2010 (in the future if then)

EDUCATION RECORDS IN LAWSON Degree: High School or GED Equivalent Subject: Other UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA Grad Date: 12/5/2010 ENTERED BYHR Sub Training completion date (if it applies): Date has not been entered by HR. htps://apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/happs/apIjnfo/PrinView_JndivAppInfo_DB2.asp?1D=306329433 5/20/2008 Page lof3 F [Back to Previous Screen] [ QUICK LINKS: Job Families selected: Technical Professional; CONTACT INFORMATION [Back to Previous Screen] CONTACT INFO. EDUCATION ETHNICITY 5109 Rosegreen ct, Tampa, FL 33624 US Phone: 813-962-0156 JOB HISTORY JOB INTEREST WORK AUTHORIZATION: (Y) Applicant has current, valid work authorization.

ETHNICITY: ARMED SERVICES: Veteran? No, NOT a Veteran National Guard or Reserves? Reserves JOB INTEREST Date Available: 3/1/2007 What kind of job are you applying for? • Auditor; Accountant

CERTIFICATION/LICENSES [Back to Previous Screen] Certificate/License Action Questions QUESTION #1: If you currently hold or ever held a Florida Dept. of Education Teaching Certificate, has action ever been taken against your teaching certificate by the Florida Education Practices Commission? ANSWER: No session Ended

Current Date & Time: 5/8/2008 8:29:25 AM Name: Sajem, Taghreed Elgendi [PRINT ONLINE Application I LAWSON APPLICATION I (PA31) I LAWSdN EMPLOYEE (PA21) 997651924 I 31426 Lawson as employee 1 in (PA21) Status: ACTIVE Status: A Accountant 4 Acquired: 2/11/2007 Score - if available: Accountant 4 Acquired: 2/11/2007 Score - if available:

ARMED SERVICES CERTIFICATION HR COMMENTS (if any) WORK AUTHOR. COMMENTS (see top, left) COMPETENCIES (see top, left) E-mail address has not been validated. (3o4 REFERENCES https://apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/hrapps/aplinfo/PrinViewhidivApplnfoDB2.asp?ffl=99765 1924 5/8/2008 session Ended Page 2 of 3 QUESTION #2: Has ANY state department of education ever refused to grant you certification or taken any disciplinary action against you and/or your teaching certificate? ANSWER: No Certificate/License-- STATUS: No action status

NOTE: IF on any Certificate/License, the state issuing the certificate IS NOT FLORIDA and/or there is NO CERTIFICATE NUMBER entered, that certificate/license information WILL NOT GO TO LAWSON. (per Janice Velez) Applicant did not enter any CERTIFICATES/LICENSES. (not required on application) EXPERIENCES/JOB HISTORY [Back to Previous Screen] Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) EMPLOYEE INFO; Previous Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) employee? N Note: this answer was given when applicant filled out the application and may have changed since then.

1.Business’s name: Tampa Airport Marriott (Tampa, FL US) Supervisor: Jason Conti

May we call them? Yes 813-554r5824 ext: Location: Tampa, FL

US Your title at this experience: General Accountant Start date: 11/12/2003 End Is this your current employer? 2.Bus mess’s name: Tampa Airport Marriott ampa, FL US) Supervisor: Conti May we call them? Yes 813-554-5824 .ext— Location: Tampa, FL US Your title at this experience GeneraI Accountant Start date: 11/12/2003 End ate: Is this your current employ ? Yes

REFERENCES [Back to Previous Screen] Reference Information in Lawson 1.R eference Name: Jason Conti Business: Tampa Airport Marriott Reference city: Tampa, FL US Business phone: 813-554-5824 ext: Home/cell phone: 813-849-3886 Reference’s rating of applicant: 2.R eference Name: Anthony Phillips Business: Tampa Airport Marriott Reference city: Tampa, FL US Business phone: 813-998-3701 ext: Home/cell phone: Reference’s rating of applicant: EDUCATION [Back to Previous Screen]

1.Grade/Degree/Achievement: Bachelors Degree Major: Other [economics minor]

https://apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/hr_apps/apl_info/PrinViewffidivApplnfoDB2.asp?IDr=99765 1924 5/8/2008 ,sion Ended Page 3 of 3 *BACHELORS 1g79-06-06 MAJOR:Accounting Minor: Economics College/Univ: Date of Completion: 6/6/ 1979 Grade/Degree/Achievement: Bachelors Degree Major: Accounting Minor: Other College/Univ: Date of Completion: 6/6/1979

ENTERED BY HR Sub Training completion date (if it applies): Date has not been entered by HP. https://apps.sdhc.kl 2.fl.us/hrapps/apl_irifo/PrinView IndivApplnfo DB2.asp?ffl99765 1924 5/8/2008 I

Mr. Linda Kipley Can't Compete on a Level Playing Field

Accountant application who blows Mr. Linda Kipley out of the water for the job the administrartion is giving Mr. Linda.

Current Date & Time: 5/8/2008 8:29:25

Name: Salem, Taghreed Elgendi 997651924

ONLINE Application LAWSON APPLICATION (PAfl) LAWSON EMPLOYEE (PA21) Status: ACTIVE 31426 Accountant 4 Acquired: 2/11/2007 Score - if available: [PRIN [Back to Previous Screen]

Status: A Accountant 4 Acquired: 2/11/2007 Score - if available; 0 Not in Lawson as employee (PAn) r QUICK LINKS: ] ARMED SERVICES CERTIFICATION -7__ ,/(- ev https://apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/hrapps/aplinfo/PrinViewlndivApplnfoDB2.asp?JD==99765 1924 5/8/2008 Home/cell phone: Reference’s rating of applicant:

EDUCATION [Back to Previous Screen] 1.G rade/Degree/Achievement: Bachelors Degree Major: Other https ://apps.sdhc.k12.fLus/hr apps/apl info/PrinView ffidivApplnfo DB2.asp?ID=99765 1924 5/8/2008

College Univ: Date of Completion: 6/6/1979 ENTERED BY HR Sub Training completion date (if it applies): Date has not been entered by HP. https:!/apps.sdhc.k12.fl.us/hrapps/aplinfo/PrinViewlndivApplnfoDB2.asp?JtD=99765 1924 5/8/2008

QUESTION #2: Has ANY state department of education ever refused to grant you certification or taken any disciplinary action against you and/or your teaching certificate? ANSWER: No

Certificate/License-- STATUS: No action status NOTE: IF on any Certificate/License, the state issuing the certificate IS NOT FLORIDA and/or there is NO CERTIFICATE NUMBER entered, that certificate/license information WILL NOT GO TO LAWSON. (per Janice Velez) Applicant did not enter any CERTIFICATES/LICENSES. (not required on application) EXPERIENCES/JOB HISTORY [Back to Previous Screen] Hilisborough County Public Schools (HCPS) EMPLOYEE INFO: Previous Hilisborough County Public Schools (HCPS) employee? N Note: this answer was given when applicant filled out the application and may have changed since then.

1.Bus mess’s name: Tampa Airport Marriott (Tampa, FL US) Supervisor: Jason Conti -. May we call them? Yes 813-554-5824 ext: Location: Tampa, FL US / Your title at this experience: General Accountant Start date: 11/12/2003 End d Is this your current employer? 2.Bus inessTs name: Tampa Airport Marriott ampa, FL US) Supervisor: Conti May we call them? Yes 813-554-5824 ext: Location: Tampa, FL US Your title at this experienc,ç.rGeneral Accountant ,‘ Start date: 11/12/2003 End ate: Is this your current employ&J”e —-

REFERENCES [Back to Previous Screen] Reference Information in Lawson 1.R eference Name: Jason Conti Business: Tampa Airport Marriott Reference city: Tampa, FL US Business phone: 813-554-5824 ext: Home/cell phone: 813-849-3886 Reference’s rating of applicant:

2.Reference Name: Anthony Phillips Business: Tampa Airport Marriott Reference city: Tampa, FL US Business phone: 813-998-3701 ext: $ession Ended Page 1 of 3 HR COMMENTS (if any) WORK AUTHOR. COMMENTS (see top, left) COMPETENCIES (see top, left) Job Families selected: Technical Professional; CONTACT INFORMATION [Back to Previous Screen] 5109 Rosegreen ct. Tampa, FL 33624 US Phone: 813-962-0156 E-mail address has not been validated WORK AUTHORIZATION: (Y) Applicant has current, valid work authorization ETHNICITY: ARMED SERVICES: Veteran? No, NOT a Veteran National Guard or Reserves? Reserves JOB INTEREST Date Available: 3/1/2007 What kind of job are you applying for? • Auditor; Accountant CERTIFICATION/LICENSES [back to Previous Screen] Certificate/License Action Questions CONTACT INFO. EDUCATION ETHNICITY JOB HISTORY JOB_INTEREST ,, (7424 REFERENCES QUESTION #1: If you currently hold or ever held a Florida Dept of Education Teaching Certificate, has action ever been taken against your teaching certificate by the Florida Education Practices Commission? ANSWER: No

Ended Page 3 of 3 *BACHELORS 1979-06-06

MAJOR:Accounting Minor: Economics College/Univ: Date of Completion: 6/6/1979 2.6 rade/Degree/Achievement: Bachelors Degree Major: Accounting Minor: Other sion Ended Page 2 of 3