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Monday, 09 July 2007

What are the qualities you'd like to see in the next Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent?

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Name: John Kinzer Comment:
I would like the next Superintendent to be thoughtful and creative in bringing traditional methods of discipline to the classrooms. Students cannot learn when there is no discipline and poor attitudes and actions go unpunished. To allow these to continue seems to reward wrong behavior. I would also like the new Superintendent to work more strongly with families and to be concerned with traditional family values being taught in the classroom. Involving families and working in harmony with families is an effective way to strengthen the learning of the students.
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Name: Mark Burton Comment:
Privatization. Gov. Gary Johnson vetoed a bill aimed at breaking up the Albuquerque Public Schools district after the APS board agreed to consider hiring private companies to manage failing schools. Johnson threatened to sign the bill, but said board President Leonard DeLayo had pledged the board's support for getting proposals from private companies to manage some APS schools. Abq Journal, 03/06/2002
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Name: Ched MacQuigg Comment:
APS needs a superintendent that will respect the education and experience of teachers; all of whom have bachelors degrees, many of whom have masters and doctorates, and who between them have 70,000 years of teaching experience.

It is arrogant to come into a system with the intention of "leading" when the real need is for "supporting" the innovation and risk taking of talented and dedicated teachers.
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Name: Daniel Yoder Comment:
Why do you refuse to post reader comments unless they are Pollyanna comments like the one above?
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Name: T. Moore Comment:
For a school district that barely manages to get a "GREEN"?!? rating nationally, there is plenty of room for improvement! Average scores, average effort, and a drop-out rate of nearly 6 percent (5,000 students out of 96,000)!

In the two years I have lived in this city, I can say that the education level is fit , at best, for the Eisenhower (1950's) years!

The effort of the "Supe", with her 6 figure salary, is pathetic. Golf and water---go figure---good riddens!

You want solutions? Mandatory graduation of 97 percent of students with academic ratings of 3.0 or better. Parents held financially accountable for the failure of their offspring by being required to reimburse the ABQ school district for all costs (of public school education) if their children fail or drop out!

Drop-outs get a straight ticket to the adventure in Iraq, where they can prove their skills in combat. Should they return, their public school debt will be forgiven.

I get sick and tired of coddling a bunch of unmotivated punks, and paying their way to boot. Let's get a School Superintendent who will finally PUSH the envelope of performance!

By the way, with the (less than) average caliber of "graduates" in ABQ, does this city really think it can provide qualified individuals for the space port? Looks like a pipe dream---get busy!
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Name: K Miller Comment:
The qualities I would really like to see in the next APS Superintendent are:
- Lots of common sense
- Someone down to earth that doesn't play politics or favorites
- Someone who isn't afraid of making the tough calls & is willing to take the heat for those same decisions
- Someone who has had to live on a limited income so that they will realize how to budget APS funds
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