Bob Shirley resigns a few days ago and then Russ Lehman.

Via email:

I resign from the OSD Board of Directors effective 9:00 am. June 30 2008.

If you are interested please see attached resignation memo explaining my reasons.

My ideas, and a budget proposal, which I originally sent on June 19 is also attached. This memo, it became clear last Tuesday night, was moot as the board was informed then that it’s already too late to make any substantive changes (with regard to anyone in the OEA and any administrative staff) to the superintendent’s proposed “budget”. It turns out that we had to act BEFORE we even got the superintendents budget.

Please feel free to distribute widely

Thank you very much to all the great people who I have worked with and come to know through this experience.

Russ Lehman

His resignation letter lays out his reasons, which seem to be a combination of health and his relationship with the rest of the board:

It has become clear to me now, that my recovery would be best served by resigning my position on the board. The stresses inherent in serving on a board that continues to suffer severe leadership and organizational problems are at this time, simply too disadvantageous to my health. I believe that my final responsibility as a resigning board member is to identify the specific leadership/organizational issues that, from my perspective, are rendering the board ineffective. The most critical of these issues is the lack of understanding or conflicting views about the role of a school board member.

Read the entire thing here. 

He also sent along his budget memo referenced above.