The recent lawsuits against LPS, brought as a result of Eric Zivkovich, have emphasized the need for solid human resource policies and procedures. Unfortunately, solid just doesn’t come to mind when looking at the HR structure of LPS under the leadership of Dorothy Chomicz.
For example, you would think that any employee that had been violent with a student would be subject to some kind of periodic follow up once they have returned to work. However, this apparently isn’t the case. Not even for those forced to attend anger management.
According to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response, signed by Ms. Chomicz, the ONLY place documents that, would even identify such an employee, can be found is in the employee’s own personnel file. Now, if this is the case, how could they possibly follow up without a list outside of the personnel file? Are we expected to believe they do this by memory? Or, do they just plain don’t do it?
Creating, reviewing, and updating the HR procedures for the district is the job of the district’s HR Director. The position is both very difficult and very well paid, and does not lend itself to on the job training. It requires a solid base of technical knowledge on a variety of HR topics, and a wealth of experience to draw on.
Dorothy Chomicz has none of these.
Instead, she brings a vast reservoir of personal loyalty to Randy Liepa. This serves Randy quite well, but leaves the work of the HR Director to either be done by subordinates, or simply not done at all. It also leaves us paying not only the HR Director’s $132k+ salary, but also the consultants and lawyers she constantly needs to use to handle the day to day operations of her department.
There are no ruby slippers we can click three times to wake up from this mess; just the ballot box.
