Essentially the business manager in Waltham is the chief financial officer for the school department.

If that's your only excuse, that your CFO (chief financial officer) was running rampant, then that's negligence.

Rather than meeting the chef, we heard more from the chief financial officer and even had a review of the financials. We thought the new openness was refreshing.

Shareholders deserve to know if there are employees who are paid more than the chief executive, the chief financial officer and other high-paid officers.

And I want everyone to know something about every officer in the department: We all take the same risks and act with valor every day. It's been an honor to serve.

He's going from being the chief executive to being the chief administrative officer. It's a very different kettle of fish.