tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3205205175223912480..comments2024-03-28T02:21:17.452-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Superintendent Search - Yes or NoMelissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-19926636051659663612011-11-26T15:09:10.959-08:002011-11-26T15:09:10.959-08:00My two cents, no, she just said it was true she wo...My two cents, no, she just said it was true she would not participate in a search and that it was a personal matter about living a long-distance from her husband. That is her right to feel that way. <br /><br />She was the permanent CAO and yet didn't make a decision about moving. I can understand the discomfort of a long-distance relationship but why now and not when she was CAO? Only she can answer that.<br /><br />I think that Dr. Enfield may be making a principled stand (and not a grandstand) but I think she likes this job and this region and if the Board did decide on a search, she might reconsider.<br /><br />Of course, if they do have a search, prepare for the onslaught from the powers that be that the sky is falling.Melissa Westbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588239576000641336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-89446025290370329692011-11-25T02:18:57.506-08:002011-11-25T02:18:57.506-08:00northender wrote:
"Charlie, you ask what ki...northender wrote:<br /><br /><br />"<i>Charlie, you ask what kind of district never lays out a plan to close the achievement gap? (paraphrased - sorry) Well, what's your plan?</i>"<br /><br />I have written my plan here so many times that I reckoned that people were tired of reading it. That said, I'm under no obligation to have a plan. The people in the jobs are the ones who have that obligation.Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-11267438460267604662011-11-24T11:16:10.130-08:002011-11-24T11:16:10.130-08:00IMO, a national search is needed for Superintenden...IMO, a national search is needed for Superintendent of any large (approx 45,000 students) public school district. This is regardless of Enfield’s living situation or potential decision not to participate in a national search process. (Is she not willing to return to her original CAO position if not appointed permanent Superintendent? Is that why her living situation is being discussed?)<br /><br />Although a university, the Univ of Washington is also a public institution and does appoint Interim Presidents, but then conducts a national search for the permanent position. The UW national search includes input from faculty, students, and staff, making it more difficult for an outside organization, such as the Alliance, to dictate the outcome.<br /> <br />The replacement of two School Board incumbents in the Nov. 8 election indicates that voters weren’t entirely satisfied with the Board that appointed Enfield as the Interim Supt., which is another reason for a search. It’s our tax monies that fund SPS and at least in this case it would seem to be penny-wise and pound-foolish not to conduct a national search for permanent Superintendent. <br /><br />-Old observer2011Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-81636933587016835012011-11-24T09:29:35.734-08:002011-11-24T09:29:35.734-08:00Does anyone know what happens if a parent reports ...Does anyone know what happens if a parent reports a teacher's inappropriate behavior from the prior year? Is there some sort of statute of limitations for incidents that a parent waits to report?<br /><br />curiousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-85075072288658410902011-11-24T08:08:38.973-08:002011-11-24T08:08:38.973-08:00So, Enfield wants some certainty?
Ask Martin Floe...So, Enfield wants some certainty?<br /><br />Ask Martin Floe how much certainty he has? <br /><br />Susan is entitled to the same...<br /><br />Search Now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-83925144535817067112011-11-23T20:26:27.395-08:002011-11-23T20:26:27.395-08:00As for carrot waving, yes, I mention an investigat...As for carrot waving, yes, I mention an investigation before it is finished. I believe we are asked to comment here about search, yes or no. So that's my answer: I haven't decided yet and will wait for this investigation to conclude.<br /><br />I cannot say more. At the heart of the matter though is: some staff reported to a supervisor their concerns about seemingly inappropriate and possible grooming behavior of another staff member. These staff members who reported were subject to an investigation that may or may not have been legitimate, may or may not have been CYA from the supervisor after a third person reported the same sort of behavior (three months after the initial report). Who was protecting the kids? Who was not protecting the kids? How can the district avoid future situations like this?<br /><br />It has all the makings of a scandal. And it will be made public within a couple weeks, before the deadline of deciding to search or not. So, to me, this is a make or break factor in whether Susan as superintendent is good for the kids or not. How will Susan resolve this mess and move forward so parents and staff are assured of the safety of children?Dorothy Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108759281089768738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-70153423547777075832011-11-23T20:00:34.978-08:002011-11-23T20:00:34.978-08:00Northender---
you included: The District is lyin...Northender---<br /><br />you included: <i>The District is lying in regard to TfA ..."<br />-- Dan Dempsey<br />7/6/11 1:59 PM </i><br /><br />The District lies about lots of stuff.<br /><br />A few videos as to how the District failed to do anything about the Math mess.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgcmSsrJ_c8" rel="nofollow">February 16, 2011</a><br /><br />About Susan Enfield and her NTN fraud ... try this.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVXRdBouyCs" rel="nofollow">March 2, 2011</a> Official tossing of MGJ.<br /><br /><br />Think things will get any better?<br /> Check the recent supposed evaluation instrument to measure the Superintendent. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chv4HGXgDfw&feature=feedu" rel="nofollow"> YouTube link</a><br /><br />As usual the courts just do not care when the SPS screws up. Thanks be to GOD (and 1600+ voters) ... Sundquist and Maier are gone. That is a good start on improvement.<br /><br />FAT Chance of Peasleee ever approving as shoddy a piece of garbage as the Enfield produced <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/school%20board/11-12%20agendas/101911agenda/20111019_SuperintendentEvaluationInstrument.pdf" rel="nofollow">Superintendent evaluation instrument</a>.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-48222893650278714092011-11-23T19:57:39.853-08:002011-11-23T19:57:39.853-08:00Huh? Don't know how Enfield's not private ...Huh? Don't know how Enfield's not private personal issue is carrot waving. It answers a question above about how her stand about not being part of a search could be legitimate. Her long distance marriage was in the Seattle Times Article about her. That, plus Melissa's quote from Susan sure seem like pretty open information.Dorothy Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108759281089768738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-14211400791590345152011-11-23T19:25:07.401-08:002011-11-23T19:25:07.401-08:00@ Susan's husband works in Portland area, so t...@ Susan's husband works in Portland area, so they've maintained a long distance marriage for the past couple years. That gets old.<br /><br />Why are the citizens of Seattle made to suffer so? TMI<br /><br />When coaches or politicians find themselves in employment straits, they suddenly retire so they can "spend more time with my family." This transparent ultimatum move by Enfield, coming on the heels of the board election and coinciding with the Alliance PR campaign to keep their mascot, would be laughable were it not so pathetic.<br /><br />Living arrangements occur prior to accepting employment as CAO and, then, interim superintendent, not when you sense the political winds shifting.<br /><br />By the way, Dorothy Neville is a bastion of carrot-waving on this thread. First we get wind of a huge personnel issue that's about to break and now we are hearing about Enfield's personal issues.<br />What gives? Did you get some BFF time with "Susan" or are you just speculating? When I hear these half-revelations by my students, <br />I tell them to keep it to themselves or let the entire cat out of the bag. Dangling half-stories is a form of power tripping. <br /><br />--maybe there's an ed reform job in Portland--TMIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-43455121953701227382011-11-23T17:58:45.066-08:002011-11-23T17:58:45.066-08:00Rereading a july thread I found this from Dan Demp...Rereading a july thread I found this from Dan Dempsey:<br /><br /> <i>In fact her attitude has already lead to cheating. Dr. Enfield, ...submitted a document to the court which was not what she claimed it was.<br /> The District is lying in regard to TfA ..."<br /> -- Dan Dempsey<br /> 7/6/11 1:59 PM </i><br /><br />Don't mean to put you on the spot but another smoking gun? <br /><br /><i>...Duggan Harman gets a 18K per year increase along with 116 other employees in the central camp... KG 11/22/11 7:06 AM </i><br /><br /><i>These recommendations did not only have goals but strategies for attaining the goals. ...did not cost a cent. ... policy decisions and revisions. What they did cost was commitment. (DTF decisions) Carol Simmons 11/22 </i><br /><br />Sorry for all the reposting but I think the evidence is out there. <br /><br />I've worked over twenty years as a Seattle teacher. It is a second career. I am older. In those twenty years I've never had a principal who taught more than six years to my knowledge. I've had former special ed principals, former PE teachers, former middle school/high school teachers. Why did they leave teaching? Most likely money. But does that mean they were good teachers? Are they good principals? I admit that admin work is different(?) than teaching. Nobody wants students to learn more than those who are teaching them. I watch the school board meetings. I see Chris and Robert often appear and speak. The former board (before MGJ's exit) was dismissive routinely. At least they have been polite enough to appear to pay attention since the scandal. SE asked teachers to talk to her. I considered it. In the end, I thought it wasn't worth the effort. Each of us (including Chris and Robert) becomes a possible target when we speak up. Teachers are unlikely to chance talking to SE with innovative ideas. But we are committed.<br /><br />Charlie, you ask what kind of district never lays out a plan to close the achievement gap? (paraphrased - sorry) Well, what's your plan? Maybe it's harder to do than everyone thinks it is. We have a culture of poverty. Yes, there are kids who make it out but that's not the norm. And where are the jobs? Not everyone is going to be a stem grad. <br /><br />Perhaps overcoming the achievement gap is bigger than just the school and teachers. Longer school year? Yes. Longer school day? I don't know. Didn't someone post a comment that reflected a study showing longer school days don't work? Maybe a short day or a shorter week? Maybe more planning time for teachers instead of the PLC, collaboration, team, staff and God knows what other meetings that we are required to attend.<br /><br />How about sustaining a curriculum beyond four or five years so that teachers can actually get to the point of teaching them well?<br /><br />Reduce central admin and get more money out there to the schools. Increases to 116 central admin employees at a time you're cutting teachers' salaries? What's that all about.<br /><br />Reduce the curriculum at elementary so we can do less better. I rush my kids to get it in.<br /><br />I'm sorry. I probably don't say it well. We go round and round and really the evidence is there. We know what's wrong. We may not always know how to fix it. But we sure are trying in each and every classroom. There is not a teacher out there - superior or mediocre - who looks at eighteen to thirty kids every day and doesn't want them to succeed. <i>Umm, eighteen-to-thirty-two clients for six hours. :) </i><br /><br />I have more to say but must stop. Thanks for reading. <br /><br />northenderAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16087456477569067212011-11-23T17:16:21.776-08:002011-11-23T17:16:21.776-08:00@my2cents. Susan's husband works in Portland a...@my2cents. Susan's husband works in Portland area, so they've maintained a long distance marriage for the past couple years. That gets old.Dorothy Nevillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108759281089768738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-34569419864068082042011-11-23T17:00:39.569-08:002011-11-23T17:00:39.569-08:00Melissa can you expand on this quote? Did Dr. E. g...Melissa can you expand on this quote? Did Dr. E. give any further info. <br /><br />"It is personal but apparently she and her husband need to make some decisions soon and it matters to them if this job is permanent or not."<br /><br />I could certainly understand her needing some amount of certainty to plan her future, finances, where she will be living (she's not from Seattle and may not want to stay if she isn't working here). I think some people are speculating that Dr. E. is grandstanding or bluffing, and I'd hate for folks to get that impression if it really isn't so.<br /><br />my2centsanonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03716725891562757052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-74851818665588440672011-11-23T15:12:06.497-08:002011-11-23T15:12:06.497-08:00It takes a great deal of hubris to say "Give ...It takes a great deal of hubris to say "Give me the job... uh... because I was appointed interim when you fired the last loser for corruption/incompetence. And no, I won't apply for it either, just hand it to me on a silver platter."<br /><br />Don't let the door bump your ass on your way out then.<br /><br />Why in the world would anybody go for that deal?<br /><br />-parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-66697878879881671962011-11-23T14:59:36.842-08:002011-11-23T14:59:36.842-08:00I don't want to read too much into the tea lea...I don't want to read too much into the tea leaves here, but would SE accept a 1 yr contract? If she agreed to a one yr contract, why not participate in the search? If hired after a search,odds are a better and a longer contract would be the result. Maybe it is just me, but it seems as if -based on her comment to Melissa and I might be way off base- that she may be looking for something with a bit more time attached to it. I just don't see a one yr. contract having any appeal,especially if there are decisions that she and her spouse are needing to make. <br /><br />MCBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-12187315702423051152011-11-23T14:10:17.332-08:002011-11-23T14:10:17.332-08:00oooh - a test WSDWG - is there a prize? ;o)
From ...oooh - a test WSDWG - is there a prize? ;o)<br /><br />From SE is priorities<br /><br />AGREE = Attacking Gaps/Raising Expectations Everywhere<br /> or more specifically <i>It is time for us to work together and attack our gaps. While doing this, we must also raise the quality of instruction for all students, including those who need additional academic challenges. Finally, we must raise expectations for ourselves as the adults in this community and do all we can to model for our young people what it means to be thoughtful, productive citizens who take pride in their community and its commitment to public education.</i><br /><br />hmmm.....someonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-46706515764923621492011-11-23T13:22:48.809-08:002011-11-23T13:22:48.809-08:00OT: Who can tell me what AGREE is? Stands for? ...OT: Who can tell me what AGREE is? Stands for? I supposed to remind me of? And how much time and money was invested in that ultra-forgettable label? And why? Just why? <br /><br />That reform speak is so tiresome and annoying to me, I pray the bright minds behind it will just stop. Please. <br /><br />WSDWG - names, not acronyms please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71094644853896509892011-11-23T10:19:13.034-08:002011-11-23T10:19:13.034-08:00Yes, and she's trying to insert Marni Campbell...Yes, and she's trying to insert Marni Campbell's terrible lieutenant, Becky Clifford, in as the new Exec Dir of Sped. This person has single-handedly mistreated or allowed her underlings to mistreat HUNDREDS of families. <br /><br />It's cronyism. Pure and simple. Keeping this toxic person is DOA.SeattleSpedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705544363458155912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-86709260152954334722011-11-23T10:17:36.397-08:002011-11-23T10:17:36.397-08:00@my2cents: I appreciate your view, but I have to ...@my2cents: I appreciate your view, but I have to agree with those who can't give much credit for those "efforts." <br /><br />There were ample problems and reasons not to do many of those things, or why people knew ahead of time they weren't going to make a difference. <br /><br />I hear what you're saying, but as I've said elsewhere, taking the wrong steps or counterproductive steps aren't really worthy of credit, when better choices available are ignored or thwarted in favor of pet theories or plans. <br /><br />That's a big reason why I voted against some board members this year whom I had supported in '07. They'd done a lot...of really counterproductive stuff, while also doing some stuff I liked. But the bad outweighed the good when it shouldn't have, so change was in order. WSDWGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-40266015617225008882011-11-23T09:29:39.744-08:002011-11-23T09:29:39.744-08:00I wanted to believe in Susan Enfield. It's ea...I wanted to believe in Susan Enfield. It's easy to want to believe in the person who replaces the one that gets run out of town on a rail.<br /><br />Unfortunately, she has made my belief evaporate.<br /><br />The best test of a person is how they treat or talk about others when they think no-one is looking.<br /><br />Susan Enfield has shown disdain for the public and for those who are passionate about education in her e-mails with her co-conspirators regarding TFA. She has orchestrated lies to her bosses, the School Board. <br /><br />Another important thing for which leaders must be held accountable is their decisions. Susan Enfield has made some horrible ones.<br /><br />She hired an Executive Director without portfolio, and then simply followed that person right off the cliff when that person told Enfield to fire Martin Floe. Did Enfield look into it first? No. She simply made a horrible decision. How did she deal with the aftermath? She was forced to back down (the district would have gotten creamed in court on that one, by the way), then reassigned the Executive Director without portfolio to an assignment closer to her home. Bree essentially got a lateral promotion out of the deal.<br /><br />She promoted Marni Campbell, a fair principal at best who screwed up her last assignment as Director of Speical Education and a woman with a reputation for inserting knives in peoples' backs when they're not looking. Marni is now now Martin Floe's boss. Poor Martin. Who sees badness coming down that road?<br /><br />She has done nothing to clean up the most critical department in the district: Teaching and Learning. She has a huge blind spot there. <br /><br />Meanwhile, children suffer while Enfield fiddles.<br /><br />--The Children of Seattle Deserve Better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-39204005137134606962011-11-23T08:49:30.880-08:002011-11-23T08:49:30.880-08:00Charlie, I enjoy your posts because you analyze an...Charlie, I enjoy your posts because you analyze and you present concrete details of what you like to see done. So much of which I agree with. The next Super should speak in details and not just of visions, initiatives, and pillars and then do. <br /><br />I am not frightened of past missteps as long as there are true indicators a candidate has learned, made correction, and become a better leader and manager. I would like a Super who has staying power and a keen sense of how to manage our diminishing budget and dysfunctional school politics. More importantly, this district needs a Super who can truly demonstrate s/he has the interest of children's education above all other competing interests.<br /><br />To be honest, I haven't had a real sense of that from Dr. Enfield due to the short period she has been Super. It would be more helpful if we can gague her personal ambition. Does her personal ambition coincide or includes the best interests of our children?<br /><br />This is where if our new Board can start the stress test, shake out the details, and find out the priorities of our next Super. Why not start with the DTFs Ms. Simmons refer to? Start the questions there. Use the Moss-Adams report. Delve in C & I (Charlie did a great review of what has NOT been done - 9/26/11). Dr. Enfield will have an advantage over most outside candidates. So shake and see what you get. <br /><br />Seattle momAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-20320855340704715852011-11-23T08:02:55.136-08:002011-11-23T08:02:55.136-08:00Carol Simmons, you ROCK!
A FanCarol Simmons, you ROCK!<br /><br />A FanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-55338121234647411532011-11-23T06:04:16.429-08:002011-11-23T06:04:16.429-08:00@my2cents from 11/22/11 7:31 PM
I was very surpri...@my2cents from 11/22/11 7:31 PM<br /><br />I was very surprised by your list because NONE of the things you listed were actual attempts to close the achievement gap.<br /><br />The SE Initiative was an effort to make Aki Kurose, Cleveland, and Rainier Beach into schools of choice, not an effort to close the gap. Either way, it failed.<br /><br />Only four schools have an extended school day: Hawthorne, West Seattle Elementary, Aki Kurose, and Cleveland. The additional time each day is TINY - 15 to 30 minutes. At the two elementary schools it is part of a federal "School Transformation" grant. At Cleveland STEM the students actually get LESS time in their classes (except for math). In no case was it ever claimed to be part of an effort to close the achievement gap.<br /><br />The extra staffing at low income schools is a federal requirement.<br /><br />I am not aware of any smaller walk zones, to low income elementary schools unless it is a result of areas regarded as unsafe.<br /><br />Added rigor in south-end schools has never been described by the district as part of an effort to close the achievement gap.<br /><br />I don't know anyone who regards the added extra Executive Director of schools as an effort to close the gap.<br /><br />It's a surprising list. Consider how much people regard the gap as an opportunity gap rather than an achievement gap, I would expect different types of efforts. Given that the gap exists beyond Southeast Seattle, I would expect more targeted efforts. I would also expect those efforts to be more focused at the elementary schools than the middle and high schools.<br /><br />None of these efforts in the list can be seriously regarded as efforts to close the gap. Look at the list of recommendations from the various committees formed to address the problem for more constructive and effective ideas.<br /><br />Things have been done. Efforts at cultural competency, Powerful Schools, Rainier Scholars, expanded early education, and home visits from teachers all represent such efforts. The District doesn't seem to have much of an idea of what to do or much of an interest in the work.<br /><br />The District used to say that closing the gap was their top priority and goal. But they never devised a plan to achieve it. What kind of organization never develops a plan to achieve their top goal?Charlie Mashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17173903762962067277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-52884769042994765602011-11-22T23:49:49.261-08:002011-11-22T23:49:49.261-08:00I'd like to see a national search.
This is b...I'd like to see a national search. <br /><br />This is based on my experience of Dr Enfield's management of Special Education. Even before she became the Interim Supt, she had authority for Special Education. We should all remember that. <br /><br />During that time, she never talked about the low academic performance for students who receive special education services, though most are cognitively capable of excelling. She never advocated for any fixes for the botched roll out of the new service delivery model. And she took in what her subordinates told her: sped families have it great in Seattle and anybody who complains is just ungrateful. Sure, she told principals that they're responsible for special education. But that has amounted to almost exactly nothing. Principals complain about the sped department and education directors say they have nothing to do with special education. <br /><br />What has Enfield done for Special Education? Even before becoming Supt she knew that parents and teachers in the "ICS" situations were floundering and continue to flounder. She heard time and time again about the low standards in many self contained classrooms. She has not done a damn thing to fix any of this. If anything, special education is worse. <br /><br />There is not one example of how Enfield has sought to address special education problems. Look, she gave the person who couldn't fix it and who kept saying "it wasn't my idea in the first place" a promotion. <br /><br />Nobody understands what Susan Enfield is doing or thinking in regards to special education. She does not have a vision and she cannot seem to grasp that the collective bargaining agreement and ICS collied, uh, 3 years ago? <br /><br /><br />Ready for a searchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-205420309401523912011-11-22T22:48:12.404-08:002011-11-22T22:48:12.404-08:00@Jan - I can confirm that there is an ongoing, ind...@Jan - I can confirm that there is an ongoing, independent investigation into personnel issues. I do not know an exact date when it will conclude, but it should be completed soon, possibly within a few weeks. Dorothy has detailed knowledge about many aspects of the investigation.<br /><br />I signed a post several months ago as "SLP", then realized that someone else had already used that name. I will change my name to <br /><br />SLP2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6793595225560072702011-11-22T22:27:58.210-08:002011-11-22T22:27:58.210-08:00Rooster,
When filing an appeal of a School Board ...Rooster,<br /><br />When filing an appeal of a School Board decision ($230) the interesting part is what one finds in the "Supposed Transcript of evidence"....<br /> For NTN it was more than 20,000 pages. Much of it was repeated several times. At one point the District asked for us not to use some of it because it was a confidential communication from legal. No telling what gets sent when the SPS just starts running the printer and dumping into boxes.<br /><br />From the NTN Action Report:<br /><br />BEST PRACTICES<br /><i><br />It is best practice for all students to be offered rigorous, challenging coursework at the high school level. <b>New Technology Network is a nationally recognized leader in providing STEM content, professional development, coaching, and support. New Technology Network has successfully implemented their model </b>in 41 high schools across the country (two-thirds of which are STEM themed).</i><br /><br />What an absolute crock.<br /><br />By what measure is success defined that the NTN model was successful?<br /><br />Definition of BEST PRACTICE -> because we say so.<br /><br />Some of the scores at NTN schools were unbelievably low.<br /><br />What Porter, Mass, McLaren supporters learned when the appeals court over-turned the Superior Court victory against the "Discovering adoption" is that the Law will not require the Board to refrain from arbitrary and capricious decision making.<br /><br />The only way to fix this mess is by replacing Board members. I was total shocked when Peaslee spent 20% of what Maier spent and won by over 1000 votes..... There may be some hope yet in belief in a republic, where all citizens are guaranteed constitutional protections.<br /><br />Look for Peaslee to act intelligently and apply evidence to decision-making.dan dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15536720661510933983noreply@blogger.com