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Superintendent Greg Ewing hired Serrano for the chief HR role in the spring of 2017, a few months after Ewing himself was hired by the school board to lead the district. School board member Maria Flores said LCPS officials "aren't hiding anything" by not discussing the details of personnel decisions, but rather are "protecting" the employee. "It is our duty; we will notsweep anything under the rug. But last fall, he was placed on administrative leave for an unspecified reasonafter a dispute with an assistant principal at the school, parents said. You all have a problem downtown with your HR people, and I implore you to solve it.". Brown said Mayfield High Principal Eric Fraass told parents two weeks ago that Lang would not be returning. We are going to go through a due process to make sure we find the facts. Desert Hills principal reassignment leaves parents confused, upset, Upset Desert Hills parents call superintendent arrogant, Chaparral High School orchestra and band builds winning legacy, More than 80 students at Mayfield High School stage walkout, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The Mayfield High parents who addressed school board members argued that any complaints involving Lang should have been handled first by Fraass, not the LCPS central office. ", "For the Mayfield band program, losing our director is a huge blow," she said. Diana Alba Soular may be reached at 575-541-5443,dalba@lcsun-news.comor@AlbaSoularon Twitter. "The band kids I know had a huge amount of respect for him still do.". That was after the abrupt reassignment in early February of the principal of Desert Hills Elementary a move that sparked anger among many parents who were happy with her performance. A handful of parents, addressing the LCPS school board on March 13, said they were told Mayfield High's band director, Johnny Lee Lang, would not be returning to the job after a weeks-long stint on administrative leave. "And as a parent, Idemand better for the kids at Mayfield. That left students in limbo before a key winter concert, but Lang returned from the administrative leave in time to direct it. Asked to discuss Lang's status, Landin replied, saying: "The current district practice is not to comment on personnel matters.". ", "We will not divulge information that is confidential," he said. More:Chaparral High School orchestra and band builds winning legacy. LCPS administrators didn't specifically respond to parents during the meeting, but later in the session, made remarks that appeared to rebut them. Lang had been band director at Mayfield High for about a year and a half. Placci said she feels the district is taking an antagonistic approach toward teachers and leaving parents in the dark. The action is the latest in a series of moves that have critics raising questions about LCPS administration's personnel decisions. A well-liked school staff member was removed from the school soon after, furthering their concerns. They said Lang'sdeparture fuels more turmoil in a band program that has seen high turnover of directors in recent years. Some parents said Lang was a strict teacher who demanded excellence from his students. Some parents said they felt Ewing was condescending in the meeting. As Itold my son, if it was me being treated this way, I'd hope that others would speak up for me.". More:Desert Hills principal reassignment leaves parents confused, upset, Carol Placci, whose son attends Mayfield High, told the board Lang took the school's band program "to a whole new level. More:Upset Desert Hills parents call superintendent arrogant. "Iunderstand personnel issues cannot be divulged, but it was a vacuum of communication for months," she said. In early March, Ewing announced the reshuffling of a number of administrators and school principals, in what he saidis an attempt to save the district money. "No one would tell the people in Mr. Lang's court anything about the issues at play, but it's obvious that parents who did not support him were extremely effective at talking to people at Central (administration)," he said. But they supported that approach. LAS CRUCES - Some parents of Mayfield High students expressed frustration last week over the announced departure of the school's band director and the district's handling of an unknown personnel matter in connection to him. More:More than 80 students at Mayfield High School stage walkout.
During the meeting last week, Ewing expressed backing for Serrano. Still, she said she doesn't know the specifics of HR processes. Lang was then placed on administrative leave again, oneday after classes resumed from the winter break, said Christopher Brown, parent of a Mayfield High band student. "We now have lost an effective and passionate band director, and the kids are worse for it," he said. Since late February, LCPS has been referring significant media inquiries to LCPS Chief of Staff Taryn Landin, instead of former LCPS spokeswoman Jo Galvn, who'd held the role for years. "What could have been so egregious with Johnny Lang's performance to earn him seven weeks of administrative leave and not end up in the criminal justice system?". The stint lasted seven weeks. "From where Istand, LCPS HR is treating teachers as guilty until proven innocent, which is just wrong.
A private meeting among some parents with Ewing further outraged some parents after Ewing refused to provide more information about the rationale for the decision. All rights reserved. ", Continued Serrano:"Our goal is to not leave any rock unturned.". 2022 www.lcsun-news.com. "This outcome is unjust," Brown said in the meeting. LCPS"completely mishandled the situation with Mayfield High's band director," she argued. Las Cruces Public Schools officials, meanwhile, are mum on the situation, contending it's a personnel matter they can't discuss. They said they felt their supporting statements on his behalf went ignored, as did their questions posed to LCPS administrators about why Lang was place on leave. Miguel Serrano, LCPS' chief human resources officer, told school board members a key principal he's applied in his career is "confidentiality. "You're doing a beautifuljob; you have my 100 percentsupport," he told him.
