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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The article failed to mention how often Dr. Jack Dale really looked foolish. I look forward to his retirement.[/quote]

I know this is very fashionable to say -- to blame Dr. Dale and ridicule him -- but as a parent new to FCPS I have to say I was really impressed with him.  Sorry!  SB members like Elizabeth Schultz & Patty Reed were shouting about how "the numbers" changed between different CIPs and while they stopped short of calling the staff a bunch of buffoons, that is clearly what they meant.  Dr. Dale tried to explain: models change, we take into account the latest data and the projections change, etc.  Anybody who's worked in the private or public sector -- by this I mean anybody who has worked -- knows that this is true.  Models change; numbers change; projections change.  As long as those changes can be explained, we shouldn't be surprised.  Schultz & Reed didn't want to hear this, and wanted to paralyze the system in order to punish the staff.  They wanted to NOT pass the CIP because the numbers were in flux.  That's irresponsible.  Dr. Dale called them out on it.  He seemed to me like the grown-up in the room.[/quote]

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