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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]In theory, sure. In practice? It leads to people doing things like… Decreasing the number of art or music teachers at a school in order to put people on a pet project, often with minimal interaction with children, creating jobs that serve a superintendent’s pet project like, let’s say, trying to win an award for the district.[/quote]

Let's say the Baldrige award?[/quote]

Or building/architecture awards? And publicity tours?? Soooo many tours.[/quote]
LOL I bet we work at the same school[/quote]

Principals with control over staffing for pet projects etc (implied upthread) have no control over architectural awards. They can manage tours however. It’s the district that submits school projects for awards, and APS is generally not as proactive as other districts for such awards. The Heights School (HB Woodlawn/Shriver) could have won multiple prestigious awards, but the district didn’t waste energy on submitting the project for consideration. It is featured in prominent architecture books however—something the architect pursues. [/quote]

I think the PPs meant those as two separate things… principals used to have too much control over staffing. And the district is very proactive about awards, which doesn’t necessarily just mean architectural recognitions. (Or at least it was under Murphy.) [/quote]
I'm the LOL poster and I was really just referring to the awards/architects/consultants that always seem to be wandering around[/quote]

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