Article: Little proof of Mezzatesta's board work: Six form letters sent in four years

ericeyre@wvgazette.com

Jerry Mezzatesta's boss calls him a "workaholic," someone who works 16 hours a day and deserves every penny of his $60,000-a-year salary.

But Hampshire County Schools Superintendent David Friend produced little written evidence of Mezzatesta's work last week.

Over the past four years, Mezzatesta, D-Hampshire, sent out six letters - all form letters - on behalf of the school system, according to Friend's response to a Sunday Gazette-Mail request for Mezzatesta's correspondence.

Among Mezzatesta's job duties since 1999, when he was hired as a "community specialist": "disseminate information," "supervise adult and community education programs," "write grant proposals," ...

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