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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you all think PARCC results came in?  Last year's scores were really, really low. [/quote]

I saw the writing on the wall when Bowser started making the calls during the snowstorm. If Kaya had it her way, schools would not have closed. Not one single day. But Bowser took over and started calling the shots before the first flake hit the ground instead of allowing Kaya to do her "Wait and see then I'll make a decision at the last minute" approach.

It seemed to me she didn't completely trust Kaya or care for her way of doing things. And that Kaya didn't like having her authority usurped. I knew it was just a matter of time and told everyone who would listen that I didn't see Kaya remaining in the role too much longer or making it to her 2017 deadline.[/quote]

Bingo. They were never BFFs, like Gray and Henderson. They had to be convinced to play nice. Bowser was always clueless about education to begin with. When she demoted Henderson, the 2017 countdown sped up.

The question is not just who would want the job, but what really is the job moving forward? I'd take stability, equity, and continuity. For example, teacher contract, Cornerstones and foreign travel opportunities for all, and retention of top principals with the three-year contracts who can build attractive feeders plans together.

This is not a sexy, high-profile, White House frequent guest type of role. BTDT

My ideal, as a black parent EOTP, would be someone with Catania's smarts, tenacity, and front-line exposure to all kinds of schools in all wards. Obviously not Catania himself. Ideally someone with knowledge of the boundary and lottery issues. But there's no need to go back to that until we get the neighborhood schools in some type of stable model.

Could Davis be that Unicorn?[/quote]

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