Some teachers are afraid to speak and have been called down on it. Literacy really needs lots of work for optimal improvement. Need reading intervention for Hispanic kids. As a school district, we are caught in a fight that is going on in the community over changes in demographics. School-based governance is very good, but needs improvement and we need more staff development.
Schools seem to be micro-managed by a few parents in the district.
There is no forum to discuss issues. Have changed the programs many times. The accelerated reading program may be going down, because we haven't gotten it fine-tuned. The district's vocational technology department has been destroyed. Most kids aren't going to college.