EDITORIAL : DIRTY TRICK, LAUSD; SCHOOL BOARD UNDERCUTS NEW SUPERINTENDENT THE FIRST WEEK HE'S IN OFFICE.POOR Ruben Zacarias. It's not enough to expect him to turn the seriously mismanaged and failing Los Angeles school 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. district around by some miracle of miracles "Of Miracles" is the title of Section X of David Hume's An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748). The text In the 19th-century edition of Hume's Enquiry . The LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) Board of Education expects him to do it blindfolded blind·fold tr.v. blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds 1. To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage. 2. To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending. n. 1. and with one hand behind his back. By refusing to allow him to pick his own management team, as they did last week, the board already has fired off its first official vote of no confidence. That's a lousy thing to do to someone on the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of his first official day in office. Unfortunately, by doing nothing, board members did more harm than good. The board's inaction resulted in the automatic renewals of one-year contracts for 26 top district administrators, at least some of whom have been criticized for underperforming. The 26 are paid between $99,000 to $130,000 a year. Zacarias wanted to promote two assistant superintendents and an associate superintendent to the level of deputy superintendent, a title that was solely his when he served under Superintendent Sid Thompson. As a deputy superintendent, Zacarias earned $146,000 annually. Board member David Tokofsky wants Zacarias to name a deputy superintendent of instruction. Board President Jeff Horton wants to increase accountability for administrators. Other questions were raised regarding salaries. Those are all appropriate questions, but why were they asked at the last minute? Why weren't those policy considerations made up front and in writing and in an open meeting while the board was dithering Simulating more colors and shades in a palette. In a monochrome system that displays or prints only black and white, shades of grays can be simulated by creating varying patterns of black dots. This is how halftones are created in a monochrome printer. over the terms of Zacarias' contract? By refusing to set policy and state what is required of the new superintendent, the board seemed to give carte blanche CARTE BLANCHE. The signature of an individual or more, on a while. paper, with a sufficient space left above it to write a note or other writing. 2. In the course of business, it not unfrequently occurs that for the sake of convenience, signatures in blank are to Zacarias. And then the first time he tries to exercise authority, they shamelessly undercut him by rejecting his choices for his own management team. True to form, the board is maintaining its death grip on schools by refusing to relinquish control for even a second and allow Zacarias to take charge. This board never learns. Little wonder so many children who attend their schools have the same problem. |
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