Devin Vodicka visits more VUSD school sites in a month than previous superintendent did in five years

Our new VUSD superintendent seems to be starting off in whirl wind of activity visiting campuses all over the district-- some sits more than once, tweeting positive posts about teachers, meeting with Vista civic and business leaders. Wow!

He seems to care about the full extend of his job as superintendent unlike our previous disaster, Joyce Bales who only seemed to relate to numbers.

Imagine a superintendent tweeting something good about a teacher. Never could have happened under Bales. (Did she seem a little autism spectral disorder-ish to any one else?)

When does Vodicka find time to sleep? I remember being young and full of energy but nothing like the energy, drive and vigor of this new superintendent even on my best day in my twenties. How long can he keep it up? I mean any good superintendent would be trying to do what Vodicka is doing (except the really exceptional tweeting) but not at such a phenomenal rate. This guy so far looks like a sprinter in a marathon. (Hopefully he is part Kenyan and can sprint the whole way.)

I have read and heard nothing but good stuff about Superintendent Vodicka so far. We seemed to have gotten a great hire. Congrats to the school board on their pick. Even Jim Gibson voted for him only, of course, after he and his group of malcontents first whined about how the other mean trustees should wait until November to hire a superintendent. What good hires would be available seven months after prime superintendent hiring time? Silly Jim.

Also should be noted that the Gibson Gang posters on North County Times complained about the "outrageous salary" that Vodicka was given (see my July 17th post) of 229K, never mentioning that Joyce Bales salary was 270K plus a 12K car allowance.* For that salary she had to be ordered to visit school sites by the school board because she spent so much time hidden in her office at the district office. (Even when ordered to make regular visits, I am told she merely checked in with the site office at the schools and then left immediately.)  So for a tax payer savings of 41K, we get an actual superintendent who does the job he was hired to do in an outstanding professional energetic way and Gang Gibson still finds a way to complain but what else to expect from the gang?
But who wants to dwell on the negative.

So far this Devin Vodicka is a breath of badly needed fresh air for the parents, students and staff of VUSD. Let's hope the good stuff from Vodicka continues. So far the honeymoon is grand.

*"Her (Bales)compensation package was about $270,000 annually, including a $12,000 annual car allowance."  http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/13/vista-unified-announces-new-superintendent/?print&page=all