WILLIAMSBURG — School Superintendent Robin Wiley has resigned but says it has nothing to do with the district's financial predicament.

        Her resignation, effective July 31, was accepted Tuesday by the Williamsburg Board of Education. The district faces an undetermined deficit because it inadvertently budgeted a $700,000 figure twice in the 2000-01 budget.

        The board and Mrs. Wiley have been in negotiations for a performance-based contract for about a year. During that time, she said, many hours have been spent developing a continuous improvement plan.

        “We have seen small, incremental, sustainable improvements in student performance as measured by proficiency test scores, standardized test scores and reading assessments,” she wrote in her letter of resignation.

        “It is essential for a Board of Education and Superintendent to not only agree on the goals, but more importantly, agree on the methods by which these goals are achieved and the measurements used to analyze the results.

        “There is clearly a difference of opinion between us on the methods by which we achieve and measure increased student achievement, and at the same time manage all other facets of the system.”

        Jan Abrams Humphries, school board president, said it was a difference in leadership styles, not the money dilemma, that led to the resignation.

        “Robin is very talented. She has a lot of educational knowledge and experience, but right now the district has so many loose ends that need to be pulled together by a style of leadership that perhaps didn't fit her nature,” she said.

        Mrs. Wiley has been superintendent of the 1,400-student district for three years.

        She came to the district in August 1997 as an elementary-school principal and was named superintendent three months later.

        She is undecided about her future. “My plans are definitely up in the air at this time,” she said.

        Williamsburg schools have been in turmoil since January, when it was discovered that a mix-up in communications between the school dis trict and the Clermont County Auditor's Office resulted in money being budgeted twice.

        State auditors have been analyzing the school's funds and are expected to complete field work this week. Auditors will submit a report and certify a deficit.

        A representative from the Ohio Department of Education will speak at a board meeting at 7 p.m. March 6 at Williamsburg High School to outline steps the district can take to fix the problem.

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