Pinellas school superintendent resigns

Pinellas school district superintendent Clayton Wilcox announced his resignation this afternoon. Wilcox, 53, will ask the School Board for the resignation to be effective June 1.Wilcox said he is taking a job in New York City with Scholastic Inc., the world's largest publisher of children's books. More from the Gradebook.

Comments

Wow...Bet Nobody Saw this one Coming...

He heard property taxes were a lot less in New York.....

Can you folks smell that?... it's called the end of the Republican political hack's control over this county.

We screwed it up, it's about to blow, and it's every man, woman, School Board and BOCC member for them selves.

Now Bostock and Gallucci can run for the BOCC on the record of chasing out another administrator while accomplishing a 53% drop-out rate!

Whoooo hoooooo! This is gonna be fun!

At least he didn't say he wanted to spend more time with his children... like that's fresh these day...

[Educator]

Not gonna miss him, not one bit. He practiced management by intimidation, was reactive rather than proactive, sucked up to the power-brokers while belittling the rank-and-file, and had little positive to offer Pinellas County Schools.

[xbigs]

new york is a good place for him!!!!!

Bostock's rising star just crashed and burned.

Sell your Scholastic stock now. This guy has a penchant for driving school districts into the ground, now he's gonna give it a go in the private sector. Of course, not a real private sector business where you have to deliver what you promise or risk losing pay, but the private sector that sucks tax payer blood via big govt. contracts.

I'm just surprised he's not going to work for Jeb's brother's curriculum company.

He might just meet someone meaner than himself in NY. It's a big town with plenty of survivors. I don't see them taking his crap. He won't be able to bully his way through this time.

Clayton went for the $$$$$ and less drama from the palace.
Nancy will win, Jane will lose, and all will be right with the world of Pinellas politics.

Sure Thing!

Clayton went for the $$$$$ and less drama from the palace of ninnies who now want to ruin our county.

Nancy will lose (53% drop out rate), Jane will lose (53% drop out rate), and all will be right with the world of Pinellas politics.

Book 'em Danno!

[finellas schoolum stubent!]

Wha is he leebin we'ins? Mr. Philcox helped dem boad membus git to da next polimatics lebel, wha we'ins git some learnin... sombaday butta axe him what be up!

Itis past time we let the teachers union and naacp run the school system. Both of those organizations promise hope and know how to bring about change. Dig deep, we just need to give them all the money we can to increase salaries and add more busing routes!

[Donald Lance]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out! What? Wasn't $140K a year enough for you? By the way, it's probably a good thing you left because it looks like you've been eating too many school lunches.

[Educator]

Interesting...I wonder where Clayton's supporters are? Maybe he doesn't have any???!!!