edCtb Wrote:
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> chuckhoffmann Wrote:
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> > XunhN Wrote:
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> > > FCPS needs to stop with hiring all these
> > > "Educators" to run a $1.4 billion company.
> > >
> > > FCPS need a Business/Finance/Money person at
> > the
> > > top. They can be surrounded by all the
> > academics
> > > that are needed.
> > >
> >
> > The problem is that the State Board of
> Education's
> > regulations are
heavily biased towards
> > professional educators obtaining a division
> > superintendent's license, which is required to
> be
> > a division superintendent. See
> >
>
http://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title8/agenc
>
> > y20/chapter22/section600/
> >
> > While it is
technically possible for
> > someone who's never served as a division
> > superintendent to become one*, it will
> >
absolutely never happen in Fairfax
> > County.
> >
> > Getting a division superintendent's license
> > requires the recommendation of the school
> board,
> > and do you seriously think the Fairfax County
> > School Board as it sits right now would do such
> a
> > thing?
> >
> > *Here's the section from section 8VAC20-22-600
> of
> > the Administrative Code, with emphasis
> > added:
4. Option four. The
> individual
> > must:
> >
> > a. Hold a master's degree, or its equivalent,
> from
> > a regionally accredited college or university;
> >
> > b. Have held a senior leadership position such
> as
> > Chief Executive Officer or senior military
> > officer; and
> >
> > c. Be recommended by a school board
> > interested in employing the individual as
> > superintendent.
>
> Well if the current School Board representatives
> cannot figure out that maybe a "Money" person
> would be a good option, yes, we are really
> screwed.
>
> I really doubt you can find anyone "qualified" or
> "experienced" to the level they need to be for
> FCPS. I am sure there are other large public
> school systems across the country, they are many
> differences and I believe FCPS is very different
> than some of the larger systems and needs some
> specific attention to money, organization,
> management and structure in order to succeed. This
> is going to require some tough decisions and some
> out of the box thinking that may be radically
> different than the way things have worked in prior
> years.
>
> Think METRO and the current situation it is in at
> the moment and the fact that the current GM, Paul
> J. Wiedefeld, may be one of the few folks that can
> actually have any chance at success getting the
> ship turned around. At least Wiedefeld has
> "Operations" experience which was desperately
> needed.
>
> Fixing the problem will not be popular or pretty,
> but someone needs to have the balls to get things
> headed in the correct direction without continuing
> to ask for more money.
>
> FPCS is likely fat with administration and I am
> sure there are positions that can be combined and
> eliminated which may actually help the
> organization in the long run.
>
> Not holding my breath with the current people
> sitting on the FCPS School Board!
"This is going to require some tough decisions and some out of the box thinking that may be radically different than the way things have worked in prior years."
You could have stopped right there. Never going to happen from this board. They're too busy with bathroom policies and bus engine blocks to figure out how to run a large, diverse school system.