THE Public School System has not yet found a replacement for its former chief architect and capital improvement projects coordinator, Christopher F. Fryling, who resigned more than three months ago.
An applicant for the position must have a license to practice architecture in the CNMI.
PSS sources said this is somewhat difficult to achieve since there are only about six architects licensed to practice in the CNMI and all of them are employed in various engineering and architectural firms that pay higher salaries and benefits.
“None of them want to apply. Why would they when they are earning as much as $500,000 in the private sector?” a source said.
There are discussions to modify the qualifications and get applications from qualified architects based in the U.S.
Under the law, the education commissioner can modify the specific qualifications for a vacant position.
Fryling, a Canadian national, resigned from PSS last March following his divorce from his American wife and the subsequent loss of his “immediate relative” immigration status.
