He says the team moved too fast in making certain decisions, including personnel changes, and did not have enough information. That information, he says, could have been obtained by asking local people. They made some personnel snafus. Evaluate changes before making new ones. He notes moves toward decentralization, smaller classes and larger summer school.
Somebody's in charge.
Improve communications with residents and staff. He says changes were not arrived at through consensus and team building. Make sure successes don't go unnoticed in our movement toward reform. He says there are schools, students and teachers who have been performing well all along and that they should not be forgotten. She says that changes in summer school this year came as a surprise to parents and that many did not know it was free.