The Department of Defense Education Activity's new leader says he plans to shake things up at base schools. As parents change duty stations, Tafoya said, students encounter different standards at different school systems.
Crowded classrooms continue to dog school officials.
Tafoya said school expansion plans will be based on need, not on construction costs. Also, school officials are bringing military planners in to help decide which schools need attention soonest. More military commands are relocating to Guam so building schools there became a priority. He used all-day kindergarten as an example. Funding that program is more important than building more classrooms, he said.