• From: Ismail, Ahmed (GPPSS)
    Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 10:13:15 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
    To: Brendan Walsh
    Cc: School Board
    Subject: Your Email re: Staff Compensation Compared to Other School Districts

    Hello, Brendan,

    This email is to apologize to you for the interchange of emails yesterday that seem to have been triggered by the email I sent to you in which I suggested that it (in my opinion) would be a good idea if we had you somehow involved in the finance/budget "committee" which I was lead to believe we have through various board memos.  I had no idea my suggestion to Dr. Niehaus and Mrs. Gafa would trigger such offenses to you.  While i can't speak for the rest of the members of the board, please know that my intent was not to trigger the personal attacks on you and I apologize for that outcome.

    That being said, I want to thank you for your email this morning and the data you have provided as well as the hours of time it must have taken to create these compilations.  Do you every sleep?  :)

    Based on the data you assembled, I have a few questions:

    1.  On the average teacher salary chart, I would like to add a column for the statewide ranking of each of the districts and I would like to add the school systems we often compare ourselves to (Novi, Northville, Bloomfield Hills and Troy).  Where would I find this data so that I can add these rows as well as a column for each system's state wide ranking for spending per pupil?

    2.  From your perspective as a former board member and someone who was intimately involved in our staff compensation contracts, what do you see as the takeaways of which we as board members should be aware?

     

    Thank you so much for sharing your data analysis.  While I can't speak for the other board members, it is truly appreciated.

    Best wishes,

    Ahmed Ismail, Trustee

    Grosse Pointe Public School System

    Phone: 313-343-9060 (The Portrait Place - 10am-5pm)

    Email: ismaila@gpschools.com

     

    Notice to Recipient:  The views expressed in this transmittal and its attachments (if any) are those of its author individually and are not necessarily shared by the other members of the Grosse Pointe Public School System's Board of Trustees and/or its administration.  


    From: Brendan Walsh
    Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 6:59:43 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
    To: School Board; Niehaus, Gary; Dean, Jon; Fenton, Christian
    Subject: Updated Benchmark Data

    I see there is a closed session on Monday. In the event the topic is employee contract related, the attached may be helpful.

    Even if that is not the topic, in light of the email exchanges this week, this is the kind of analysis I continue to do. I am happy to share.

    Regards,

    Brendan