Cantrell resigns from Barrow System

(I am actually replying to this entire thread, although it appears as though I am only replying to the last one.)
Enough already. Please stop this mudslinging. It may have made some people upset that other folks made what may have been viewed as too much pay for the job they were doing, but personal attacks are uncalled for here.
The employees in question were not doing anything to get any special favors; they just got paid extra (at driver pay rate) to do some extra work in the office, and the work that one of them did can be difficult. Who couldn't use extra money? I know that if I were capable of performing office tasks, and the opportunity arose for me to make extra pay doing so, I would. What's wrong with that?
Further, if these driver/office workers were doing something unethical to maintain their extra pay positions, then they must have been doing it when our former director (God rest her soul) was in charge, as well, because the two employees that you people keep speaking so poorly of were working in the office off and on before Dr. Cantrell came here. Personal feelings aside, the truth is, one of these driver/office workers was performing many important clerical tasks, and it will be difficult for the remaining staff members to assume her duties on top of the many duties that they already have.It will also be a bit unfair to them to have all of the extra work suddenly piled on them.
I do agree that all county positions whether part time or full time should be posted, but this is a practice that has gone on for a long time within the department, and Cantrell actually did post all open positions in the department. There is good in everyone, and he did a fine job making sure that all positions were posted.
Also, please try to remember that the rest of the county is looking at these forums, and they are getting the wrong idea about the department. It is not at all as bad as some of you would want the public to think, and I just don't understand why you would want people to think so poorly of the department.
We have a new Superintendent, and she will make the changes within all departments that she deems necessary. Along the way there will likely be people who are happy with the changes that Dr. Creel implements, and there will be those who are unhappy, but it will be alright.
In closing, I would like to say that there are two sides to every story, and both sides may have some valid points, but we all just need to move on. And for goodness sake, let's try to be nice and work together.
One more quick thing, and please don't think I am trying to be mean, but please, let's all try to proof read our posts. We all make grammatical errors with punctuation & such every now and then, but when we post here, others read it, and it makes bus drivers appear to be illiterate when we fail to check our subject-verb agreement.
Also, please don't try to call me out by name here, because none of you would ever be able to guess who this is. Besides, that sort of behavior is silly, and our drivers are professionals.
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I hope that I do not sound condescending; I am honestly just trying to be fair here, so take my comments with a grain of salt.
I think you might be a bit confused about how much bus drivers make. Drivers are paid well for driving our precious cargo to and from school each day. The employee that made over 40 k was being paid at her driver hourly rate rather than a clerical rate of pay and that is why she made so much. At the risk of getting into trouble if someone finds out who I am, I will share that after about ten years on the job as a bus driver in Barrow County, a driver will make an average of $18 an hour (give or take a little). This rate is based upon a 4 hour day, for 180 days per year and then dividing the salary paid over the course of 12 months by the hours actually worked to get the approximate hourly rate. The driver who did office work and was paid the 40 k has been a driver for much longer than 10 years, and keep in mind that she was being paid at her driving rate. I only say this in order to clarify that drivers are paid well.
I think that the real issue here is whether or not there should have been a separate rate of pay for the office time that was being worked. Job performance isn't really an issue, in my opinion. The work that at least the one employee performed was tedious and time consuming, and I do not believe that all she did was sit around and ride the clock. I personally saw her doing payroll, trip requests, and time sheets. Further, she did not set the rate of pay, the boss did. She came in and did her job as instructed and was paid in accordance to the rate that the bosses (both of our previous directors) set the pay. We shouldn't be so hard on the employees here; let's be hard on the person who set the pay rate to be the driving hourly rate rather than an office rate.
To get back to the subject of driver hourly rates, I honestly do not know what the starting rate is for our drivers, but I know that when I started here, it was 12.48 on average, so it is likely much more now. The drivers get raises every year, so we honestly make a fairly good hourly rate, and yes, we deserve it :) (I appreciate you thinking that we are valuable employees, because alot of parents do not feel that way).
I am not taking sides(I am playing devil's advocate here), as I strongly feel that there is no need to do so, and if people knew more of the facts rather than only rumors, they may not be so angry at the employees.
Also, please keep in mind that I am not with holding my name because I am ashamed of my opinions. I just don't know if I would get into trouble for posting job related issues in a public forum, and I really love my job driving our county's children.