Rockwood's Superintendent Contract Extended Just as State Audit Results Are Expected
With nearly 22,000 students, Rockwood School District is the largest school district in St. Louis County. News of renewing Superintendent Bruce Borchers' contract comes days before Missouri Auditor's results about Rockwood will be released.
Rockwood School District Board of Education directors voted on Sunday to extend the district's Superintendent Bruce Borchers’ contract through June 30, 2016. The vote was 4-3 for the contract extension, according to a district news release made available Monday afternoon. This board meeting originally would have been held Thursday, but was rescheduled to Sunday, based on inclement weather. Borchers' contract extension comes just days before district residents will learn the discoveries of a Missouri auditoring team, who just finished an audit of the district: Rockwood State Audit Results to be Revealed Wednesday The district's last state audit was conducted in 1994. Board members voting to extend Borchers’ contract, according to the …
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Rockwood Stakeholders for Real Solutions
10:04 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013
On Borchers contract extension: We’re disappointed. We’re disappointed that the Board continues to be so out-of-sync with the community in light of the overall negative comments about the Superintendent from the “Picture Rockwood” surveys. It’s a matter of trust and Dr. Borchers does not have the trust of the community. - By continuing to support Dr. Borchers, the Board is also losing the … more ›