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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My educated opinion:
Starr focused on THEORY of action but took no action. 
Total waste of our districts time and resources.[/quote]

This is the most accurate response.  He had good theories and intent, but could never put them into action.  He provided little direction for schools and principals and that was frustrating for administrators.  He was loose on data and was more "pie in the sky" than he was into the details.

But, he was a nice person and cares about people and students.  He has likely reflected and learned a lot over the past decade since he has been superintendent and can hopefully see where he fell short and is more results focused then he was 10 years ago.

That said, I'd pick Andrae Townsel over Starr. [b]And Dr. Cassellius seems like a great pick too but I don't have any first hand knowledge of her.[/b] [/quote]
My concern with Cassellius is that a lot of her achievements are things that can be easily "manipulated". Not saying that's the case with her necessarily but I'm always leery-
Increased graduation rates? Just lower the bar so it's impossible NOT to graduate. 
"New pathway to the adult diploma"? If that means some junk online program like Edgenuity...meh.
"Historic admissions policies increasing access and opportunity to Boston’s three exam schools"? Milwaukee's schools are already crap with the exception of a handful of (excellent) application high schools...every formerly selective high school/middle school that they opened up to everyone went down the tubes almost instantly. No clue what "historic admissions policies" means but it reads like making the schools more open enrollment and that concerns me[/quote]

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