BOARD GIVES ROMER EXCELLENT MARKS.Los Angeles schools The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. Superintendent Roy Romer Roy R. Romer (born October 31, 1928 in Garden City, Kansas, United States) was the 39th governor of Colorado and served as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2001 to 2006. met with Board of Education members Saturday morning for a closed-session performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return of his first 15 months on the job. The board did not disclose details of the six-hour meeting, but in a released statement members concluded that Romer has shown ``a profound commitment to reforming urban education'' and had exceeded their expectations ``in many areas.'' In particular, the board praised Romer for his work carrying out the board's reading program, laying out a new facilities program for 85 new schools and strengthening the district's relationship with the state Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: He also won kudos for recruiting top talent to improve technology in the district and for developing instructional leadership among the local district superintendents and their staffs. Romer's review was based on criteria outlined in his three-year contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. . His review is considered a confidential personnel matter and not subject to public scrutiny. The board had the discretion to award Romer, who earns a $250,000 salary, a bonus of up to $100,000 based on his performance. But Romer said he's not interested in more money. ``I told the board some time ago that I did not wish to receive a bonus,'' he said Friday. ``If they want to go ahead with that calculation, that was fine, but I will donate it to some function in the school. I simply feel the compensation I receive is adequate.'' The session was also spent discussing goals for this school year. The board urged him to put in place audit recommendations, improve existing school facilities, work to close the achievement gap and improve internal and external communications. The board also urged him to train and recruit top talent, improve the district's business processes and use effective strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. . Board President Caprice ca·price n. 1. a. An impulsive change of mind. b. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively. c. Young said the meeting was held on Saturday morning because that was the only time when board members could come together outside their regularly scheduled business meetings. |
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