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New Erwin Problem???

May 11, 2007

It looks like there's another mistake on the resume of new Kentucky school commissioner Barbara Erwin. Dick Innes of the Bluegrass Institute and blogger Richard Day first uncovered the new discrepancy.

Here's the story WHAS-TV plans to run tonight at 10 and 11:

IT APPEARS THERE'S ANOTHER ERROR ON THE RESUME OF NEW KENTUCKY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER BARBARA ERWIN.
THE STATE SCHOOL BOARD HIRED ERWIN THIS WEEK DESPITE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HER RESUME AND BACKGROUND.
TODAY, WHAS 11 NEWS HAS DISCOVERED THAT ERWIN WAS NOT ON THE A-A-S-A EXECUTIVE BOARD FOR TEN YEARS, FROM 1991 TO 2001, AS SHE CLAIMS ON HER RESUME.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SAYS ERWIN WAS ON THAT BOARD FOR THREE YEARS, FROM 1999 TO 2002. AMY VOGT SAYS ERWIN DID SERVE ON A NUMBER OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES, POSSIBLY DURING THE PERIOD LISTED ON HER RESUME. WE'VE LEFT A MESSAGE FOR ERWIN.
KENTUCKY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WE CONTACTED SAID THEY'RE UNAWARE OF THE NEW RESUME PROBLEM AND DON'T THINK IT WILL IMPACT THEIR DECISON TO HIRE ERWIN. ERWIN IS CURRENTLY SUPERINTENDENT OF A 15-THOUSAND STUDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS. SHE'S SCHEDULED TO START HER NEW JOB IN KENTUCKY IN JULY AT 220-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

Posted by mark.hebert at May 11, 2007 06:33 PM

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