Parents in the Poconos are literally calling on community members to rally behind their school district's superintendent.
A team of those hoping to see Dr. John Toleno keep his title within the Stroudsburg Area School District, organized a phone bank.
Over the course of three days, parents will cold-call hundreds of people within the community.
Their goal is to convince them to show their support for the longtime administrator at the next school board meeting.
"The parents of Stroudsburg strongly sit with Dr. Toleno and his vision for our district," said Erin McCabe, a parent.
Last week, the school board voted 5 to 4 not to automatically renew Toleno's contract.
"The majority of the board is motivated by attempting to see what the current superintendent market will yield before they commit to a three-to-five year term with Dr. Toleno, or frankly, another candidate," said Jeffrey Sultanik district solicitor.
Sultanik would not elaborate as to why some board members chose to consider looking at other candidates.
"The school board does not discuss personnel issues publicly, or its rationale with Dr. Toleno," Sultanik said.
The board has asked its business manager to seek out proposals from employment firms to review candidates for the job.
In order to hire an outside agency to do that, the school board would have to vote on it at a public meeting.
"The board has encouraged him {Dr. Toleno} to submit an application to apply," Sultanik said.
But some parents strongly disagree with that proposed idea.
"To ask taxpayers to spend that money for Dr. Toleno to re- apply for a job he's obviously qualified for, is a slap in the face to Dr. Toleno and to the district itself," McCabe said. "We are in the middle of closing two buildings, a massive redistricting, to hire a new superintendent at this time is foolish."
Last May, the school board voted to close Ramsey Elementary School and Clearview Elementary School.
The board needs to choose a permanent hire or a fill-in by June 30th when Toleno's current contract expires.
Dr. Toleno has not yet announced whether or not he'll submit an application.
Prior Contract Debate
In June 2014, the same school board voted unanimously to keep Toleno as Superintendent through June 2015.
For weeks leading up to that vote, there was talk of the board letting Toleno go prior to that expiration date. Toleno threatened to sue if it happened.
The debate was prompted by a prior district solicitor who found Toleno's 2007 contract and an extension offered in 2011, illegal.
Hundreds of parents had showed their support for Dr. Toleno through that debate too.
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