OPRF’s Supt. Weninger in South Carolina:
Today, the seven-member [Asheville-area] board must [begin to] decide who among the three [candidates] – a cerebral Midwesterner, a thoughtful South Carolinian and an engaging Georgian – will be their top choice. [italics added]
Next week the decision. Weninger:
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At Wednesday’s public forum, Weninger addressed a long-standing concern among Richland 2 personnel that an outsider would alter community and culture that already exist in the district.
. . . this is the first time in decades that a board is looking to outside leadership.
He explained the name:
For sure, Weninger is not a Southerner, noting his name, Attila, was given him by his Hungarian immigrant father.
But he said his parents’ story of coming to America fueled in him the sense that he could live anyplace in the country and be comfortable.
“I think I can be comfortable in Columbia. I really feel as if I belong to this country,” said Weninger, who described his leadership style as “situational.”
His style “has got to accommodate the culture,” he said, adding that he’d been brought to Oak Park to “make change.”
That ended in controversy with the board refusing to extend another three-year contract.
“My work is not done,” Weninger said. “I want to leave my kids a legacy because as an immigrant’s son, that is very important to me.”
Blithe Spirit 