JUNE 4--A series of sexually explicit e-mails sent by the superintendent of the Des Moines, Iowa public schools triggered her abrupt resignation last month, and subsequently cost the 57-year-old educator her new post atop the Omaha, Nebraska school system.

The correspondence exchanged by Nancy Sebring and a man with whom she was having an extramarital affair were sent via her school e-mail account, a violation of the system’s Internet-use guidelines. Many of Sebring’s racy e-mails were sent during the workday (and were sent/received on devices owned by the Des Moines school district).

Sebring, pictured at right, was originally set to depart the Des Moines job--which she held for six years--on June 30. She was scheduled to take over the Omaha system on July 1.

But when Des Moines officials learned last month that Sebring had exchanged the explicit e-mails, she announced her resignation (though no mention was made at the time of the reason for her early departure). The e-mails came to the attention of Des Moines school board members after reporters filed an open records request seeking some of Sebring’s e-mails.

Within days of the release of the steamy e-mails, Sebring resigned her $275,000 post in Omaha (which she had yet to begin). The e-mails, some of which you can find here, were exchanged between March 28 and early-May.

How old is the guy?

Is she cougar status?

I posted this not because I was outraged over her conduct... she’s and adult and so was the other person, what they do it their private lives is their own business. And using the schools computer was stupid but not stupid enough to lose a job over, IMHOP.
However... $275,000 a year????? Who came up with this salary? What could they possibly be doing to justify this kind of money? How about the teachers unions cut some of these ridiculous salaries before asking the public for more money "for the children".

Does she have a lot of money?

And if she has a lot of money, do I have a shot?

Hmmm, just saw a photo of her. Back to Ramen Noodles for me...

Yeah the $275K caught my eye. Seems she oversees 7,000 employees and about 45,000 students when I looked. So it is a fairly significant position and I am not sure that far out of line.

"As did Nancy Sebring. On July 1 she was supposed to start a new job as superintendent of Omaha public Schools in Nebraska, overseeing the education of some 46,000 students and managing a staff of 7,000. But emails she'd sent from her previous job, running the Des Moines public schools in Iowa, wound up costing her the Omaha job."

Lessee...two consenting adults...in love (steamily at that)...emailing a common form of communication...

It's not only happening to school officials and teachers, but it is happening all over the corporate world as well. Now, if students could have gained access to these emails, that certainly is a concern, and she should have known better and used her own smart phone or something.

Worth a big news story? Not so much...

As far as her salary? Better do some checking around vis-a-vis salary schedules in the private sector these days! Or are you a Walker disciple and dedicated to the idea that leaders in the public sector have to be shoved back down the salary/benefits ladder?

well that is similar to running a large company position wise. Still seems high to me though, particularly for Nebraska. Maybe 100,000 would be more in line.

Not sure, but you got me searching for my area. Looks like $220K. Under 3,500 students. Not sure how many teachers. Sounds like a good gig. Maybe I should try for it :)

Right.. Maybe I'm looking at it all wrong. I could use a 275,000 job, I think there are openings in Nebraska.

If you have to live in Nebraska, you may wanna ask $375K!

BINGO!!!

Just be careful on the emails and you are good to go.

Okay, you are killing me. Had to Google Cost of Llving in Omaha

"Our cost of living indices are based on a US average of 100. An amount below 100 means Omaha, NE is cheaper than the US average. A cost of living index above 100 means Omaha, NE is more expensive.

Overall, Omaha, NE cost of living is 89.00."

BTW, my area is around 145. So the $220k here is not as good as the $275k in Omaha. OTOH I am closer to Yankees and Giants here.

Cost of living aside, if you travel downwind of Nebraska, you can SMELL Nebraska. Large concentrations of hog and cattle farms...big ones that will nearly make you hurl as you drive by them. I seriously don't know how people can stand to live in the rural areas.

"However... $275,000 a year????? Who came up with this salary? What could they possibly be doing to justify this kind of money? How about the teachers unions cut some of these ridiculous salaries before asking the public for more money "for the children".

That is pretty effing ridiculous. She made more than any governor in the union, and 4 times as much as some of them.

hxxp://knowledgecenter.csg.org/drupal/system/files/Table_4.3.pdf

In NY there was a list of hundreds making more than the Governor.

That's probably the reason only billionaires can afford the pay cut to become governor.

The woman is/was basically a CEO. Even a cursory look at those salaries, well..................

They never learn do they, I mean this is like the 100th story like this.

Commonly, in school districts, teachers belong to one union and administrators to another.

OR Iowa.