Read the battery charger instruction manual thoroughly, which should contain important information, including the time it takes to complete charging, a key to indicator lights and safety information specific to the batteries being used.
But when one parent is in charge, giving instructions or offering to help, things go much smoother.
Captain Frank W. Shuman is in charge of instruction.
"It's good to keep kids focused and engaged," said Dr. Jeanne Pryor, the district's assistant superintendent in charge of instruction.
The single most important decision that he made was to select the person in charge of instruction.
Mr. Alvarado, who is now in charge of instruction in San Diego public schools, did not return a telephone request for comment yesterday.
The current chancellor, Joel I. Klein, agreed to have a chief deputy in charge of instruction when he was granted a similar waiver in 2002.
Now he is in charge of instruction in San Diego, where each school has a full-time specialist spending four days a week in the school and a fifth day in training with other coaches.
In 2004, state education officials made clear that they would not grant a waiver to Mr. Klein's choice for the deputy chancellor in charge of instruction, a job that also required certification, forcing him to appoint an educator.
"Too long, too depressing, too French," said Raymond Brownlow, a district official in charge of instruction, who conceded that his knowledge of Conrad's opus was limited to the customer reviews section on Amazon.com.
