Wednesday, March 19, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.
The Clark County School District's second-in-command has been targeted in a complaint alleging bad-faith negotiations, intimidation, anti-union activities and arbitrary personnel decisions.
Eddie Goldman, assistant superintendent of administrative operations and staff relations, is the target of the complaint filed Tuesday by the Clark County Classroom Teachers Association. It will be forwarded to the state Employee-Management Relations Board for a decision.
Also named in the complaint is the school district and Superintendent Brian Cram.
Stephen Confer, executive director of the teachers association, said the complaint is the result of an investigation he has conducted since taking over command of the organization in November.
He said complaints against Goldman by association staff and members started pouring into his office almost immediately after his arrival, Confer said.
"A number of people both locally and at NEA (the National Education Association) told me there were problems with the way the school district was working and (with) its relationship within the association," Confer said.
Although Cram is named in the complaint, Confer said the association doesn't have a beef with Cram, other than what Confer calls bad judgment.
"Dr. Cram has made clear his commitment to the children of Clark County. We believe his commitment to be sincere," Confer said. "We believe that Dr. Cram, in his efforts to move the school district forward, is not being well served by Dr. Goldman."
Because of the litigation, Goldman is prohibited from speaking specifically about the allegations.
"But I can tell you the district's position will be made known when the district files its response within the time-lines" ordered by law, which is 20 days, Goldman said.
"The district's version of the events will certainly be different than those presented here," Goldman added.
As assistant superintendent of administrative operations and staff relations, Goldman is responsible for contract negotiations with the teacher's association.
The 33-page complaint outlines 12 separate grievances, many of which have been publicly addressed by Confer since November.
Even though Confer admitted that there is "real animosity" between the association and the school district, he insists the complaint "has nothing to do with negotiations" and doesn't anticipate contract negotiations to begin "for some time yet."
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