Superintendent Rick Smith did not convince Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger or the County Commission to give his school district an additional $34 million. But on Thursday night, the school board commended Smith’s work, giving him the highest evaluation score he has received in his four years at the helm.
Previous scores
2012: 3.672013: 3.742014: 3.982015: 4.02
Board Member’s average evaluation score
District 1: Rhonda Thurman, 3.52 District 2: Jonathan Welch, 3.36 District 3: Greg Martin, 3.24 District 4: George Ricks, 4.3 District 5: Karitsa Mosley, 3.5 District 6: Joe Galloway, 4.68 District 7: Donna Horn, 4.54 District 8: David Testerman, 4.66 District 9: Steve Highlander, 4.26
“I want to commend you for the job you’ve been doing,” George Ricks, chairman of the school board said at the meeting. “[Smith] has scored higher each year and results continue to indicate that he performs well above average.”
Each year, all nine school board members fill out a 50-question evaluation of the superintendent, ranking him on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being “significantly below expectation” and 5 indicating “significantly above expectation.” Smith received an average score this year of 4.02, “above expectation.”