There's a high degree of confidence in the interim, Paul Garner. But you want a permanent person to be there for leadership and to put a team together. I'd like a nomination in 60 days ... we'll keep the pressure on.
I don't think we can go wrong with any of the three.
I don't think we can afford to lose that kind of brainpower.
All kids deserve an opportunity. We're not accountable for where we're born into, but we are accountable for the opportunities we can provide for others. All parents, private as well as public, they all have a stake in this.
The high schools that we have, and it's not just locally but nationally, are designed for a different purpose, a different time and a different place -- and it doesn't meet the educational needs of kids today.
The welfare of our young is really everyone's business.
We need to know what kids are saying, we need to know what their needs are, how they perceive those needs. But we also need to know what do they see about their school that's working, what do they see that's not working?
Kids need to be connected to the school and they need to feel someone cares about them. In a large school setting it can be extremely impersonal. There's nothing worse than a student in a large setting not being connected to anything. That's the height of loneliness.
It can be a disaster if you don't achieve that.
