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About this blog: I was a "corporate brat" growing up and lived in different parts of the country, ending in Houston, Texas for high school. After attending college at UC Davis, and getting an MBA at Harvard, I embarked on a marketing career, mai...
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About this blog: I was a "corporate brat" growing up and lived in different parts of the country, ending in Houston, Texas for high school. After attending college at UC Davis, and getting an MBA at Harvard, I embarked on a marketing career, mainly in the Bay Area with different companies. My former wife went back to medical school after we had been married a few years, and we moved into married student housing at Stanford, had our two now adult children while she was a medical student, and moved into Palo Alto when she started her Residency. Been here ever since. As my kids were going through the Palo Alto schools, I was actively involved in their activities, most notably head umpire for Palo Alto Little League and 9 years as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission, among other activities. My kids both are grown, my son teaches 5th grade locally, and my daughter, fluent in Mandarin, is working in China. I sold the business I owned and ran for 8 years in 2012, worked on the Obama campaign, and am consulting for non-profit organizations, which gives me a nice, flexible schedule. Lots of stamps in my passport, and for fun, I like live performances &emdash; theater and music - and of course the Giants!
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PAUSD Leadership Challenges
Uploaded: Apr 12, 2014
There are several school principals and senior district administrators, starting with Kevin Skelly, who are soon departing their positions.
What is going on here?
My kids, both now adults in their 20's, had fantastic experiences from K-12 in the PAUSD. They got into good colleges, and both are doing well in the working world. PAUSD education had a great deal to do with that. So I have no axe to grind about the school district from my family perspective.
Still, there appears to be a set of issues when it comes to running a school or the district. The level of turnover is a concern. Stability, consistency, and accountability are crucial. The level or turnover PAUSD faces does not provide such requirements.
I am not an education expert, (although my son now teaches 5th grade,) but I have background in management, and there is something about this that does not seem right. I have not personal dog in the hunt at this point, but the School Board has its hands full figuring this out, and parents with children in the schools need to do the same.
Something is not right.
Local Journalism.
What is it worth to you?
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