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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the ED spouses' background? why was she paid ?[/quote]

https://www.hendyavenue.com/team-spotlight-meet-sarah-rosskamm/[/quote]

She was paid because Rosskamm hired his wife, from Achievement First, to consult at an IB school. That’s one sentence and four problems: nepotism, conflict of interest, suspect credentials, and a philosophical mismatch with everything DCI stands for[/quote]

In the meeting it was discussed that an outside firm was handling this. I feel this is appropriate.[/quote]

You should do more due diligence.

The fact that an outside firm is involved sounds reassuring on the surface, but the lack of any details should concern everyone, including people who think process matters. There’s no detail on which firm or scope of the investigation.

We don’t know:
- Which firm it is. Is it independent, or does it have a prior relationship with the board, the ED, or his wife’s network? Rosskamm has close relationships with a number of firms. Conflict of interest alert.

- What the scope is. Are they investigating the no confidence vote specifically? The nepotism concern? The IEP compliance failures? The pay structure? All of it? None of it?

- Who hired them. The board, or the ED himself?

- Who they report to, and whether that report will be made public

- What the timeline is

- What authority they have to compel documents or interviews

Without answers to these basic questions, ‘an outside firm is handling it’ is not accountability. It’s the appearance of accountability. It’s a way to tell concerned parents like you that  ‘this is being handled’ without any obligation to show how, by whom, or to what end

You should want greater accountability. 
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