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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Seattle Schools Community Forum: What would you have to say to the superintendent?

Seattle Schools Community Forum: What would you have to say to the superintendent?:


What would you have to say to the superintendent?

I don't make a habit of asking the staff to do things so much as asking them for information. That's because they don't work for me and they aren't accountable to me. I don't hesitate to offer suggestions for action to the Board because they are accountable to the public and they are supposed to represent the public.

So if I had the opportunity to speak with the superintendent, I wouldn't so much have suggestions for him as questions. They are big questions and perhaps some of them will be answered in the Strategic Plan. Perhaps not. The previous Strategic Plan was a management plan more than an academic plan. Is that what it's supposed to be? The new Strategic Plan is shaping up to be more of an academic plan.


  1. When does he think he will have a program placement framework in place and why is it taking so long? What's so hard about it?
  2. How does he think the division between governance and management works when it comes to enforcing