Chapter 161: Hiring Principals

Lu Fan knew clearly in his heart that investing in education is a large investment, but the results are very slow. It doesn't show for three or five years, which does not conform to their political achievement view. Therefore, the slogan of supporting education will be shouted loudly, but when it is truly implemented into action, it is thunderous but with little rain, and there is no practical action at all.

It really takes a lot of effort to make the County Chief willingly take out real money to invest in the cause of education!

However, there is a good opportunity now. The County Chief intends to arrange a principal, so maybe he can strive for some funds. Also, he needs to say some nice words to highlight the great achievements of the County Chief in supporting education.

Thinking clearly about these, Lu Fan said: "Whether to give or not is the County Chief's business, but we must strive for it. The teachers have already started classes, and the Education Bureau cannot break its promise."

Zhao Sijie said: "I think you should go yourself. It is best to communicate alone about asking for money. There is no problem here." After speaking, she picked up a pen and signed her big name on the funding application report.

Lu Fan laughed: "County Chief Zhao is worthy of being a heroine among women. Thank you so much!"

"Don't be happy too early. There is one thing you should pay attention to. My liaison's wife works in a township, and the child cannot be taken care of. See if you can transfer her back to the county town. It won't be difficult, right?"

"For the things you entrust, if there are difficulties, we must go up; if there are no difficulties, we must create difficulties to go up. Wait until the summer vacation, I guarantee it will be implemented!"

"That's fine, I'll let him contact you."

"County Chief Zhao, then I will go to County Chief Hu's place to 'break in.' Happy New Year!"

After more than an hour of long and boring queuing, Lu Fan finally walked into County Chief Hu Chengwei's office.

As soon as he entered, Lu Fan "changed his face," full of smiles and respectfully said: "I wish the County Chief a Happy New Year, smooth work, good health, and a happy family!"

Hu Chengwei slowly raised his head, the corners of his mouth raised to reveal a smile, and said: "Same joy, same joy! What's the matter with finding me?"

"I came to disturb you just after returning to work. It is mainly because school is about to start, and there are two things that need to be reported to the County Chief: the first is the appointment of principals for vacant schools; the second is the tutoring fee for teachers during the winter break. I hope the County Chief will support the work of our Education Bureau!" Lu Fan said earnestly.

"Indeed, school is about to start, and the appointment of principals is urgent. Have the candidates been decided?"

"After our investigation, Zhou Guangyu, the vice principal of the County Middle School, has strong business ability, is diligent and responsible, and is also a subject leader, which is more in line with the requirements. He is initially set as the intended candidate. It's just that Secretary Gao also recommended a candidate for middle school principal. I don't know if he is willing to go to the elementary school for a transition. Once there is a vacancy in the middle school, he will be listed as the first candidate."

Hu Chengwei pondered for a while and said: "Then let it be elementary school. You have worked hard!" Overall, he was relatively satisfied with Lu Fan's performance. It could be seen that he respected him as the County Chief. In work, factions are not that important. Most of the bureau directors in government departments are nominated by the Secretary. Should we stop working?

Lu Fan said busily: "County Chief, this is what I should do! I will report to you about the winter break tutoring. In order to create excellent results in the middle and high school entrance exams, our Bureau Party Committee decided to provide free tutoring for graduating class students starting tomorrow, and promised to give teachers certain compensation. After all, it is a holiday, and it occupied their rest time. I calculated the cost, which is about 1.25 million. I hope the County Chief will support it!"

"You just finished cracking down on tutoring, and now you are organizing tutoring yourself, and you have to pay for it yourself. Alas, you don't know the cost of firewood and rice without being the head of the family. The finance is not well-off!"

Lu Fan explained: "It is mainly for the earnest expectations of parents and the results of students that we have to do this! Paid tutoring is a crooked wind. Not only do policies and regulations not allow it, but it will also increase the economic burden on parents, so we must crack down on it. Now that the Education Bureau organizes tutoring, it is different because it is free. At the same time, we also consider competing with other counties and districts, so we cannot let Ningyang's children lose at the starting line!"

"Please rest assured, County Chief, I have full confidence that we will definitely achieve historic good results in this year's middle and high school entrance exams and hand in a satisfactory answer sheet to the County Government. This is absolutely inseparable from your emphasis and support for education work."

Considering that Lu Fan had just been used and would be used in the future, Hu Chengwei said: "This year we have to check for gaps and fill in the gaps for 'Double High and Double Universal.' The equipment for computers, football goals, electronic whiteboards, and department facilities for teachers and students is not in place, and there is a shortage of large outdoor activity equipment in kindergartens. This must be established as a project as soon as possible. I will recommend a supplier to you. The strength is very strong, and the quality must also be guaranteed."

"Okay, County Chief, I will do the preliminary procedures for the project as soon as possible and strictly control the quality!"

Hu Chengwei nodded and said: "I think tutoring and such things should not be fully covered. It is harmless to charge some money appropriately. After all, it is to cultivate your own children, and it is right to pay some money. But this time you have already let the words out, so I can't let you break your promise. After all, you are working on behalf of the County Government. I will approve 1 million for you!"

After speaking, he directly wrote an instruction on the funding application report: Please let the finance department review and plan to allocate 1 million!

Lu Fan was very satisfied. This had already exceeded the expected goal. The remaining 200,000 or so could be squeezed out by the Education Bureau.

After thanking the County Chief, Lu Fan was about to leave when he was stopped by Hu Chengwei again, who said: "The key work of the Education Bureau in the past two years is 'Double High and Double Universal.' The special funds of the Provincial Education Department are only so much. You should know that whoever runs fast gets more. You should go to higher-level departments to coordinate and dock more. Also, the Provincial Finance Department, you can strive for more special funds to come back to develop Ningyang's education. Our infrastructure construction is still very imperfect. You should pay attention to this aspect."

"Okay, County Chief, I will increase coordination efforts and implement your instructions."

Lu Fan didn't care about the County Chief wanting the project. Anyway, he didn't intend to get benefits in this regard. It was the same whoever did it, but he would definitely strictly control the quality. He would not agree to anyone who dared to replace the good with the bad.

Returning to the bureau, Lu Fan called the accountant and arranged for him to dock with the Finance Bureau immediately to distribute the money to each school.

Next, he began to consider the appointment of principals.

The Secretary and County Chief are direct leaders, so they must be considered first, and the two positions were full.

The candidates recommended by the Deputy Director and the City Bureau Director must also be considered, and higher-level departments cannot be offended.

But there were really no positions left, so he could only retreat to the second best. The two vice principals of the County Middle School went out to be principals, so the positions of these two vice principals were vacant. They could be used to settle the candidates recommended by provincial and municipal leaders. Transferring from township schools to the county town was a big step forward, not to mention that they were also arranged in middle-level leadership positions. Presumably, they could hand in a report to higher-level leaders. If they were still not satisfied, there was nothing he could do.

As for the candidate recommended by Secretary Bian, Lu Fan planned to find that principal who was about to retire and talk to him, letting him vacate the position in advance, which could satisfy some of his reasonable requirements.

As for the candidates recommended by leaders such as the County People's Congress and the County Discipline Inspection Commission, Lu Fan could only go door-to-door to apologize, be sincere in his attitude, and draw a big cake, promising to list them as the first candidates for the next principal appointment. He could only do this. It was really impossible if he offended them.

After planning, Lu Fan asked clerk Lu Xingzhou to notify the five vice principals to come to his office. He wanted to see them personally, observe their words, observe their actions, know their hearts, and then know the person.

At the same time, he inquired about the character of these people through personal relationships. If they were morally corrupt, they must not be used.

Lu Fan did all of this in secret to avoid complications. You must know that people nowadays have terrifying energy. As long as they hear the wind, they will definitely try every means to find someone. In Ningyang, there was a small principal vacancy, and it took a year to be filled, becoming a joke for the people of the whole county. Lu Fan didn't want to become a laughingstock for everyone.

After three days of intense planning, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, Lu Fan convened a Bureau Party Committee meeting and announced that with the approval of the County Government, according to the regulations of the "Implementation Plan for the Appointment of Principals (Directors) of Primary and Secondary Schools (Kindergartens) in Ningyang County," the appointment procedure for vacant principals was launched. Registration started that afternoon, and qualification review was conducted.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the appointment work was launched rapidly. In the conference room of the County Middle School, speech defense and democratic evaluation were conducted for those who passed the qualification review. A comprehensive investigation was conducted on the morality, ability, diligence, performance, and integrity of the intended candidates.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the County Principal Appointment Work Leading Group studied and determined the intended candidates for elementary school principals, Zhou Guangyu and Qin Haonan, based on the total scores and comprehensive investigation opinions of the competitive candidates, and publicized them to the society.

This indicated that the positions of the two principals that moved people's hearts were settled rapidly, which made many people not react.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, after the intended candidates were reviewed by the County Party Committee and the County Government, the County Education Bureau issued appointment documents and issued letters of appointment according to the procedures, requiring the newly appointed elementary school principals to take up their posts and perform their duties rapidly.

The principal appointment work of the Education Bureau this time did not drag its feet at all, did not cause social repercussions, and made the leaders recognize Lu Fan's work ability.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the 2014 Spring Semester Opening Work Meeting of Ningyang County was held in the conference room of the County Education Bureau. It comprehensively arranged all work for the opening of the 2014 spring semester. The leadership team of the County Education Bureau, all personnel of the Education Bureau, principals of all schools in the county, and kindergarten directors attended the meeting. Lu Fan, Secretary of the County Education Working Committee, Secretary of the Education Bureau Party Committee, and Director, presided over the meeting and gave a speech.

At the meeting, Director Lu Fan read out the appointment and removal documents, and the leaders in charge arranged relevant work, making requirements for party building, education and research, personnel and teacher training, safety and stability, financial aid, etc.

In his speech, Lu Fan pointed out that the new semester, new starting point, new atmosphere, and new requirements must clarify goals, grasp key points, work hard to improve teaching quality, and strive to run schools at the door of the masses well.

Lu Fan emphasized that principals of all schools must be good at thinking, discover the shortcomings and deficiencies in work, find problems accurately, combine reality to find solutions; must be good at implementation, improve work execution, dare to take responsibility, overcome difficulties, be brave in innovation, and be enterprising; believe that under the strong leadership of the County Party Committee and the County People's Government, all teachers and students in the county will work together, strive and dedicate, promote the high-quality development of education in the county, and report the good news to the people of the whole county with excellent middle and high school entrance exam results!

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