Oh please don't hire him, not the right choice.

Maybe now the board will get it right and hire Bill Atwood, EdD as Superintendent!

All you state is true, but remember, he did all of this damage to this district with the approval of the board, at least three members--Peters, Gamble and Henderson. Peters already took a bow, must have been reading the writing on the wall, now if Henderson and Gamble would just resign, maybe this district could begin to heal with some new leadership.

I am truly elated to see Mr. Panietz leave. I am only sorry that it did not happen sooner- before his legacy of inept leadership and poor decisions left so much destruction in its path. Alas, there have been so many red flags. Since Mr. Panietz became superintendent MCUSD has lost a tremendous number of its seasoned administrative staff. The district was forced to say goodbye to Paul Jacobs, Rock Carlson, Tom Brownell and David Marshall. (Did Mr. Panietz have an alpha male complex?) Mary Brownell soon left the district to follow her husband. Scott Seymour (former MCHS VP) and Brian Goodbar (MES Principal) voluntarily left the insanity to pursue less stressful careers. Val Fall, Stella Pizelo and Delene Pena sought a quick exit through retirement. How many accounting officials has the district been through with Mr. Panietz? So many red flags. Such sad losses of invaluable members of the school district. Mr. Panietz left the school district for approximately 3 months of "medical leave". Shouldn't this have thrown-up red flags to the public that something might be "wrong" with the then new superintendent? Mr. Panietz worked diligently to close Mariposa's only middle school. The only problem was he never even obtained an economic feasibility study. He was closing MMS because he "wanted to." He had no idea whatsoever how much it would cost to move the middle school and reestablish the school at an existing school site (Woodland). He had no idea how impacted and poorly functioning Woodland's existing septic system was until a licensed engineer volunteered his services to inform the school board that the move would cost millions of dollars and was not even feasible due to Woodland's already stressed septic system and leech field. (It is extremely worrisome that the majority of the school board did not ask Mr. Panietz for this information on its own.) This last school year, an inordinate number of school personnel were pink slipped. These members of our community and their families waited until well into August to learn if they would have a job teaching our children. Families waited to see how many teachers would be reinstated in the hopes of discovering how crowded their children's classrooms would be. Since Mr. Panietz knew he had an "extra million dollars" that was not divulged, one has to wonder if so many people had to be pink slipped? Do our children's classrooms really need to be so crowded? Since the 2008 / 2009 budget ended in the black and their was an extra million dollars, one would think not. Did anyone notice that Balbir, the director of business services, was quickly "removed" when she tried to bring this information forward to the public. The red flags continued... This is only the tip of the iceberg. The list of Mr. Panietz's negligent and damaging behavior could fill a book. I pray that the Grand Jury investigates Mr. Panietz's activity and holds him accountable even when he is back in his beloved Sonora.