Michael1942's Blog

A high placed administrator in the Springfield Urban league has all but gutted the Head Start program. This administrator who retired from a state position in Health and Human services at a level 5 (this on the lower end of the supervisory scale). Her emergence as a third in line at the Urban League has created an air of deceit, deception and incompetence. The clients in this case are countless children who use the services of Head Start on a daily basis. Her “reign” of terror has eliminated all but the most basic, building upkeep, the inability to service the clients and their families by diluting the staffing of certified and qualified teaching staff.The advent of Unionization has brought some relief but the cloud of “Lilliegate” lies heavy over the program.The extent of this persons negative influence has spread to her own church in that she was asked to step down from a leadership role in a church program. What we have in the presence of this person is the advent of a low-level administrator moving above her capability to oversee important programs. When the real truth is brought to light there will be many threads that lead back to the Lillie’s gate.