The popular former superintendent and the Colorado district have reached a settlement in a discrimination and retaliation complaint against the district and four members of the school board more than a year after he was fired by the board's new majority.
Outcomes are improving for students in the long-underresourced Pottstown School District but funding uncertainty is clouding the prospects for continued success, Superintendent Stephen Rodriguez says.
When Superintendent Jonathan Prince took the helm at St. Lucie Public Schools in 2022, he described it as being passed the torch by Bear Bryant. Fortunately, he had the experience from District Administration's Superintendent's Academy to rely on.
Two of the most impactful steps in improving K12 customer service are to reduce the number of people whom a parent needs to reach to resolve a problem and ensure that all contacts are courteous.
Dadeville is a small community of about 3,000 people. A local high school, up the street, has about 485 students. "I know all of them very well," Dadeville High Principal Chris Hand said.
In remarks at an Alabama State Board of Education work session that followed comments from two Senate leaders, State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said that schools in high-poverty schools are showing "remarkable growth" and receiving "Cs" on the report card but remain on the failing list.
Despite "unprecedented teacher shortages," Keith Miles and his team are focused on aligning the curriculum with students' college-and-career aspirations in brand-new buildings.
"We will have to make tough choices. Our resources must match our revenue," Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Brent Jones said in a message to the community.
"It's not like turning on, flipping a light switch when the lights go on or off and this problem goes away in a day, a week, or even a month," Jefferson County Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin told employees recently.
