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Issues |
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| Maximum Student Safety. |
| We need to reexamine and
improve student assignment plans, busing plans and school
starting times to maximize student safety. |
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| Improve High School
Graduation Rate. |
| We must improve our high
school graduation rate. One strategy for addressing this
issue is to create more, high school "centers of excellence" and
more technical educational options. |
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| Close Student
Achievement Gap Faster. |
| As a former principal, I
support the Pinellas Education Foundation's emphasis for more
school site autonomy that allows for school-based decision
making. |
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| Focus on the Big
Picture. |
| We need a sharper focus on
the big picture. Pinellas is a district with a $1.5-billion
annual budget, 17,000 employees and 105,000 students. The
school board needs to set strategic priorities to help students,
teachers and administrators reach or exceed their performance goals. |
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| Education is the Key to
Our Community's Economic Prosperity. |
| The jobs of the future will
depend on our strategic focus in today's classrooms. We must
teach the career tools our children will need to compete and
prosper in the ever-changing economy of the 21st century. |
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