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Superintendent Juneau's Conversation with the Times
In an interview with the Seattle Times, Superintendent Juneau says "she’s learning how to be more patient."(For reference, here is the latest edition of the district’s strategic plan draft, which was provided to the Times during the interview.)
This "latest edition" of the Strategic Plan doesn't look all that different from the first draft and there's still no wording for Special Education students. (They are obliquely reference here: Delivering high-quality, standards aligned instruction across all abilities and services.)
There is also this:
Making clear commitments and delivering on them.
This sounds great but I would say, no excuses will be tolerated if this really is the district's bottom line on commitment.
Q: What have been the biggest challenges so far, and where do you feel you’ve been able to break ground?
A: We have a need to build up our operations systems again. I approach an educational organization like a triangle.
Juneau may not know this but every single new superintendent has said this. When this business of getting operations under control will happen is still a mystery.
Q: What are you hoping an innovation think tank on transportation would produce? Some type of mixed delivery model?
A: Yeah, there are examples all over the city. I mean, Starbucks has a shuttle. Microsoft has all these things going on. [We’re looking] at how can we dovetail in with the current system.
… I see yellow school buses, primarily for special education students, vans. There’s a lot of parents who are currently carpooling, how do we connect with parents currently doing that work. I visited with (State Superintendent) Chris Reykdal about how the state currently reimburses the district and I think he’s excited about if we’re able to develop an innovative delivery system that he’d be able to work with us on the money.
Naturally, this is a key issue this year and anything they can do to change the current system would probably be welcomed by many parents.
Q: How much of that $40 million do you expect to come out of the central office budget?
A: We’re looking at 5 percent cut across the board right now. We’re working out with our cabinet members now about where that might be … We as central administration are also going to bear some of the brunt and try to keep the cuts as far away as we can from student learning, even though some of it will come from there. We could cut all of central administration and still have to cut.
Q: Do the cuts for central administration include pay cuts for leadership?
A: There have already been some. … After being here for a little while and seeing the work in central administration, I … figured out what functions are happening, and restructured that way. There weren’t huge moves. There are moves made by previous superintendents of clearing everybody out. It was really leveling out my cabinet members and [bringing] some associate superintendents down to the chief level … I wouldn’t say it was huge sweeping amounts of money … but it is significant to people who are receiving higher salaries.
I expect this will be able to seen on paper so I'll be interested to see what those cuts look like.
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