At the last board meeting, after being questioned by Marylin Yerkes, Region One representative of Sharon, about the cost of the lawsuit against the superintendent, business manager Sam Herrick said the district only owed a $5,000.00 deductible…
Our questions are as follows:
When we interviewed Ms. Page’s lawyer, he stated that two of the charges are against the superintendent and two are personal charges against Pat Chamberlain. ( You can listen to the interview here http://podcasts.am1020whdd.com/~am1020wh/shows/play.php?id=22645 ). So (1) is the superintendent paying half of that? (2) Does the superintendent have her own lawyer for the two personal charges? (3) Why has the Region One Board Of Education not demanded, that the region be financially responsible for only the charges against the superintendent against her in the capacity of REgion One employee, and let Patricia hire her own lawyer to defend herself against the two personal charges?
These are questions that need to be pursued quickly by this board. Taxpayers should NOT be on the “hook” for a personal defense of the superintendent, period.
