Oct 1, 2024

Article #2 in a Series >>>>> Warning to Decision-Makers at the St. Paul Public Schools >>>>> Don’t Make a Mistake Similar to That Made by the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) Board of Education in Selecting Lisa Sayles-Adams as MPS Superintendent

To get a sense as to how forlorn your task is, examine the slim academic credentials and questionable qualities of candidates that BWP associates, in the course of the recent MPS search, cited as candidates of whom they were particularly proud of having placed >>>>> 

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Eric Gallien

(Note >>>>>        Gallien was dismissed by the Charleston Board

of Education with a $359,000 contractual buyout after just four months)

 

(Superintendent, Charleston SC)

Ed. D., Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

University of Wisconsin/Madison

M. A., Curriculum Development and Educational Leadership

Alverno College

B. A., History Education

University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee

Previously

Superintendent, Racine Unified School District

27 Schools/ 6 High Schools

16,516 students

White                  35.5% 

Latine                  30.2%

African                25.7%

American  

2 or                     7.3%

more 

ethnicities  

Asian/                 1.0%

Asian Pacific Islander 

American           0.3%

Indian/

Alaska Native  

Native                 0.1%

Hawaiian/  

or other 

Pacific

Islander

Free/                   45.9%

Reduced

Lunch

English                15.0%

Language

Learner

Student Academic Proficiency  

                                  Math              Reading

 

Elementary               10%                 17%   

Middle School          11%                 20%

High School               17%                 33%

 

Crystal A. Hill

(Superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg)

Ed. D., Educational Leadership

Gardner Webb University

M. A., Instructional Technology

North Carolina A&T State University

B. A., Elementary Education

Previously

Superintendent, Cabarrus County School District NC

42 Schools/13 High Schools

33,562 students

High School                      91.2%

Graduation Rate

High School Students    28.2% 

College Ready

Student Demographic Composition

White                  44.5% 

African                27.7%

American  

Latine                  18.8%

Asian/                 8.9%

Asian Pacific Islander  

2 or                     5.0%

more 

ethnicities  

American           0.3%

Indian/

Alaska Native  

Native                 0.1%

Hawaiian/  

or other 

Pacific

Islander

Free/                   22%

Reduced

Lunch

English                  8.7%

Language

Learner

Student Academic Proficiency  

                                  Math              Reading

Elementary               49%                 49%   

Middle School          44%                 50%

High School               46%                 60%

 

Denise Watts

(Superintendent, Savannah GA)

Ed. D.,

Wingate University

M. A., School Administration

University of North Carolina/Charlotte

B. A., Elementary Education

Elizabeth State University

Previously

Chief of Schools, Houston Independent School District

274 Schools/51 High Schools

33,562 students

High School        83.2%

Graduation Rate

High School       39.1%  

Students           

College Ready  

Student Demographic Composition

Latine                  61.8%

African                22.2%

American 

White                  9.7% 

Asian/                 4.5%

Asian Pacific Islander  

2 or                     1.6%

more 

ethncities  

American           0.2%

Indian/

Alaska Native  

Native                 0.1%

Hawaiian/  

or other 

Pacific

Islander

Free/                   59%

Reduced

Lunch

English                36.8%

Language

Learner

Student Academic Proficiency  

                                  Math              Reading

Elementary               26%                 32%   

Middle School          24%                 34%

High School               25%                 52%

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