Our View: Hickman must go
When the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees selected Dr. Philip Hickman as superintendent in July 2014, the job came with a $175,000 salary and benefits. Lots of benefits.
Hickman: Fake texts created to hurt district
The superintendent of Columbus city schools is claiming someone created a series of fictitious, sexually-charged text messages between him and another person and distributed the texts in an effort to hurt the school district.
Our View: Philip Hickman’s troubled tenure
In the spring of 2014, when the Columbus Municipal School District began its search for its fourth superintendent in as many years, we urged the school board to bring in a leader whose credibility, integrity, transparency and sound judgment would mark a turning point for a troubled school system.
