Longview School Board Tables Superintendent Action
Posted/updated on: June 25, 2014 at 2:27 am
LONGVIEW Longview school trustees voted Monday night to table naming lone finalist Horace Williams as the districts superintendent. He was named lone finalist May 21st. The school board decided not to vote for or against Williams. It also said it is not starting a new search. The Longview News-Journal reports, while the board made no decision, it said it was not starting a new search. School board president Troy Simmons told the paper there is no timeline for picking the process back up. Interim Superintendent James Wilcox, whose contract is good until the end of the year, will remain in charge.
Controversy began after an initial search narrowed the candidates down to Williams, who is the districts Assistant Superintendent. The Longview News-Journal previously reported school board negotiations first stalled over Williams’ salary demands. Since Williams’ apparent appointment was made public, though, questions have been raised over his history. That most recently included filed grievances, questionable employee hiring, extensive travel logs and financial deficits at Cedar Hill schools, the Dallas-area district he previously served as superintendent.
