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"the board approved a new policy that requires “all major technology related projects” to be approved by the superintendent."
This could go either way Mario. The superintendent wants to assure that the entire school system shares a common data base and network.
The success of a common data base is dependent upon the computer expertise of the decision maker at the top.
It is far too common for schools and businesses to fall prey to a high maintenance and expensive data base.
The code writer can hold a business hostage to a lucrative service contract.
This disaster recently transpired in Socorro county. The City of Socorro and the County of Socorro have a data base mismatch. Now, treasurer Baca can not send out property tax bills.
The County says they had compatibility in the contract but perhaps they just assumed this common sense necessity.
Anyhoo, now the code writer wants more money, lots more money.
Just for the record; I would be really, really surprised to find a single example of site based management anywhere in the APS.
The closest that control over real decision making power and resources ever got to any classroom; was the principal's office at that school.
That is not site based management by any reasonable definition of the concept.
Hey Mario, are you also against George W Bush's "No Child Left Behind" act which mandates exactly what each school has to teach to their students? Or is that ok because it was put in place by a Republican?
Of course, your hero W made sure that NCLB went unfunded so now the schools have to teach strictly for the exams or else they'll be listed as dysfunctional.
And yet you're still baffled why everyone hates the GOP.
Dan, I'm pretty sure NCLB was a bipartisan effort. Yes, I'm a big fan of accountability. No, I'm not a big fan of federal education initiative's. We have local school boards for a reason. I would prefer to see educational goals and accountability at the local level and more options when it comes to school choice. NCLB has done little more than provide a convenient scapegoat for underperforming schools.
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