Since this blog is back in business, I already have been asked what my thoughts are on the new GCS superintendent Maurice "Mo" Green.The truth is that honestly, I haven't formed an opinion.
I was literally out of the local loop for about six months, so I really didn't follow the chain of events closely as to Mr. Green's selection.
However, the ironic twist is that in the normal course of my duties of my new day/night job as a reservation agent for a major airline that has a major presence in the Carolinas, I had an opportunity to service the assistant to Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools chief Dr. Peter Gorman. After brief small talk during this telephone conversation, she had nothing but praise for Mr. Green.
But one comment on the N&R Chalkboard is of concern:
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150K. Where do they think they are? 2007?
This is 2008 and the country is almost bankrupt because of the same bad practices.
Mo's a going in the wrong direction for me.
When we should be reducing it at least could be one in and one out.
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In his first round of public outings after taking over as Guilford County school superintendent in September, Mo Green was tentative and deferential to his audiences, taking few public stands on issues facing the schools. That approach won the admiration of many parents, coming after former Superintendent Terry Grier, whom parents saw as aloof and impervious to public opinion.
At some point, however, a leader has to lead, and school watchers wondered when Green would start tipping his hand on the course of Guilford County Schools during his administration.
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Time will tell...
E.C. :)