Scottsdale School District President Ousted after Accusations of Distributing Dossier on Parents
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In hopes of moving forward, Scottsdale Unified School District has elected a new interim president amid allegations that board president Jann-Michael Greenburg distributed a “dossier” on some parents including photos and personal finances.
The district’s governing board voted 4-1 at an emergency meeting Monday night to elect Patty Beckman as interim president.
Greenburg, a business executive and attorney, cast the only vote against switching presidents.
“We do not have all the facts at this time. To make a decision without those facts that’s in the best interest of the district is simply not possible,” Greenburg said. “I strongly support the investigations that have been announced both publicly and privately.”
Scottsdale police announced they were investigating the allegations against Greenberg. A department spokesman declined Tuesday to comment on the matter.
District officials, meanwhile, were still going through the process of selecting an outside forensic investigator to see if school resources were utilized in the creation of Google Drive folders on certain parents, district spokeswoman Nancy Norman said.
Parents who called for Greenberg’s resignation after the dossier was discovered were not satisfied.
“We are happy he was demoted and a new president was put in place, but this is not enough,” Carine Werner, who alleges she was in the dossier, told AZFamily.com.