Rockwood Finance Director Says New Job Found Him
Rockwood School District Finance Director Scott Tate told Patch his resignation had nothing to do with upcoming state audits of the district, other colleagues' resignations or any concerns of Rockwood's future.
A little more than a month from now, Rockwood School District Finance Director Scott Tate will be working with 63 school/member districts in the St. Louis metropolitan area, rather than just Rockwood. That's when he leaves his Eureka-based post of three years to become chief financial officer for the Cooperating School Districts (CSD) of Greater St. Louis. "CSD is a career advancement opportunity for me. A colleague suggested that it might be a good fit, I pursued it and it worked out fairly quickly just recently," he said. Tate said he wanted to clear the air about any assumptions prompted Friday that his resignation has anything to do with the recent round of departures of other Rockwood administrators. "My decision had nothing to do …
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Corri Hoppe
9:22 am on Saturday, February 25, 2012
With the controversy that prompted an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the "coziness" of the district with Glenn Construction company, followed by the associated board member's quick resignation, it seems plausible that there are other poor financial decisions that will be exposed. The outcome of the audit should be a strong message to taxpayers and stakeholders that if we need better… more ›