Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love gossip and am really wanting to hear what happened to the DEI guy. Anonymous posting board are the best way to find out such information as are also the town drunks at dive bars.

I have no gossip, but this person was chosen before Duran took over. My guess is that he was not who Duran wanted in the post, so he was replaced. Not for anything nefarious or incompetence, but just not the hand-picked team that Duran wants to overhaul the system. Seems like previous guy, from statements I heard him make, was maybe not on the same page.

Now this seems like a legit possibility. Can you cite some of the statements that seemed to put him out of sync with Duran? These distinctions are probably a bit too subtle for outsiders to spot on their own.

Anonymous wrote:I love gossip and am really wanting to hear what happened to the DEI guy. Anonymous posting board are the best way to find out such information as are also the town drunks at dive bars.

I have no gossip, but this person was chosen before Duran took over. My guess is that he was not who Duran wanted in the post, so he was replaced. Not for anything nefarious or incompetence, but just not the hand-picked team that Duran wants to overhaul the system. Seems like previous guy, from statements I heard him make, was maybe not on the same page.

I love gossip and am really wanting to hear what happened to the DEI guy. Anonymous posting board are the best way to find out such information as are also the town drunks at dive bars.

Anonymous wrote:Does APS have some sort of auditor? Not so much to look at the budget, but to review processes and allocations of resources.

Ha! Nope.

What did this person do? I'm seriously asking.

Anonymous wrote:Does APS have some sort of auditor? Not so much to look at the budget, but to review processes and allocations of resources.

If they do she’s passed out in the alley.

Anonymous wrote:Does APS have some sort of auditor? Not so much to look at the budget, but to review processes and allocations of resources.

Yup, an INTERNAL auditor. So.....not much use there....

Does APS have some sort of auditor? Not so much to look at the budget, but to review processes and allocations of resources.

Anonymous wrote:Do they really need a coordinator, Director, a chief officer, a supervisor, and specialists? I think with 30 kids to a class, that is the story here.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they really need a coordinator, Director, a chief officer, a supervisor, and specialists? I think with 30 kids to a class, that is the story here.

Nope, we don't. Teachers have been saying this forever- less central office staff, more teachers and staff in the schools!!

AMEN.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He was asked to resign. APS is just making it easier for him to get a new job… Glad to see him go. He wasn’t qualified for the job.

This is true (Arlington admin here)

Why?

Different subject area- but the team for my content area at Syphax includes a director, a supervisor, two specialists, three coordinators, and three admin assistants. I can honestly say that none of them really do jacks—t for the teachers. Maybe one is pretty good, and works. It’s another layer of useless management. My school-based administration is more important. We see each other every day. They see and work with the kids, too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they really need a coordinator, Director, a chief officer, a supervisor, and specialists? I think with 30 kids to a class, that is the story here.

Applies to many departments.

It does! And I’m not seeing the positive impact on students. Quite the opposite. I often feel like they’re taking resources away from students.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they really need a coordinator, Director, a chief officer, a supervisor, and specialists? I think with 30 kids to a class, that is the story here.

Nope, we don't. Teachers have been saying this forever- less central office staff, more teachers and staff in the schools!!

I’m a teacher, too. There are too many of these people in cubicles now, not working with kids. (Which would be awful, IMHO.) Get them into classrooms!

+1000

Anonymous wrote:Do they really need a coordinator, Director, a chief officer, a supervisor, and specialists? I think with 30 kids to a class, that is the story here.

Applies to many departments.