Loudon County Board of Education

The Great Divide - School Director Finalists Score Card

Something stinks in the state of Denmark!

by: Pat Hunter

Last Saturday, the Loudon County Board of Education announced that Wayne Honeycutt had been selected as the new school director to replace School Director Edward Headlee who is retiring on June 30th.

Chairman Bobby Johnson, Jr., was quoted in the Knoxville News Sentinel as saying, "I think the process worked very well for us" referring to the outcome and selection of the new school director. Was the scoring process fair to all the candidates? How could the School Board be so divided with it's scores? The School Board should explain their scoring of candidates, the public has a right to know their reasoning.

But the BOE's decision was not without controversy because of the scoring process. Already each side of the Great Divide was pointing fingers at the other side.

Wayne Honeycutt received the highest score of all three candidates. Honeycutt is the Superintendent of a very small school system in Illinois, much smaller than Loudon County's school system.

Disappointingly, one applicant received very low scores by some school board members. Although the applicant did not work as a Superintendent, the candidate worked with a much larger school system with about 100,000 students and the applicant's credentials and area of expertise were very impressive. Did the applicant deserve such low scores; I don't think so, but that's just my opinion?

Currently, TV 3 Community Channel (Charter) is broadcasting the question and answer session of the final three applicants, Wayne Honeycutt, Robert Lovingood and Deborah Raper. Please take the opportunity to see and hear the candidates address the questions and form your own opinion.

Click here to view Scorecard Questions, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.What score would you give the three finalist? Do you think the School Board's interview and scoring process was fair?

How do you grade the School Board's latest performance 1) Poor (2) Fair (3) Average (4) Above Average (5) Exception?

SCORECARD prepared by the BOE

	Honeycutt		Lovingood		Raper		Moser		Diden
	1^st	2^nd	1^st	2^nd	1^st	2^nd	1^st	2^nd	1^st	2^nd
Johnson	98	97	96	82	93	98	71		77
Klinstiver	69	88	61	72	84	73	61		75
Harrelson	86	88	90	75	82	81	94		70
Walker	95	99	94	100	86	19	97		92
Proaps	65	73	68	77	71	91	69		82
Bass	71	60	94	67	67	95	65		64
Paule	78	93	75	62	71	94	61		83
Marcus	68	77	73	82	57	30	75		56
Newman	79	97	79	94	82	72	71		73
Tate	N/A	70	NA	97	N/A	32	N/A		N/A
Total	709	842	730	808	693	685	664		672

To view individual Tally Sheets of Board Members

click the inside boxes. The chart was prepared by: Pat Hunter

	Honeycutt	Lovingood	Raper

Johnson	J1	J2	J3
Klinstiver	K1	K2	K3
Harrelson	H1	H2	H3
Walker	W1	W2	W3
Proaps	PR1	PR2	PR3
Bass	B1	B2	B3
Paule	P1	P2	P3
Marcus	M1	M2	M3
Newman	N1	N2	N3
Tate	T1	T2	T3
Total Overall Score	Honeycutt	Lovingood	Raper

Scoring

Part 1 - School Board consultant Wayne Qualls explained the scoring system. The first part of the interview included five general questions, which were presented by Mr. Qualls at the April 26 interview meeting. Each candidate was given 3 minutes to answer the questions. Possible total - 25 points. Each School Board member scored the candidates on a Scale of (1) Poor, (2) Fair, (3) Average, (4) Above Average (5) Exception.

Part 2 - The 2nd part of the interview were questions submitted by the School Board. Each School Board member was given an opportunity to ask one question to each candidate. Possible total - 50 points. Each School Board member scored the candidates on a Scale of (1) Poor, (2) Fair, (3) Average, (4) Above Average (5) Exception.

Part 3 - The 3rd part of the interview process, the School Board was allowed to ask the candidates any question if they wished. Possible total - 25 points.

Tally Pages - scores of each School Board member and candidates.

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04-30-08