"Filthy brown water poured through the ceiling of the master bathroom and an adjacent closet," she noted, adding that while the superintendent made several attempts to correct the problem, the leaking continued.
Beginning with a memo to principals last Wednesday, Neil F. Kreinik, the superintendent, made it clear that he considered classrooms full of sleep-deprived, overexcited children a pedagogical opportunity, not a noisy nuisance.
"I think the superintendent made the best decision with the facts available," Lazarus said.
Under Board of Education rules, the positions must be filled through a process that requires collaboration between committees of parents and others, who nominate candidates, and the superintendent, who makes the choice.
This action has significant implications for investigative journalism as whistle-blowers realise that media assurances that their identity will be kept secret can be compromised by a simple police procedure which does not even require the authorisation of a judge – a nod from a superintendent makes a seizure of data under Ripa perfectly legal.
But rather than doing what Joel is suggesting and making a bet on the superintendent, he made that bet on you and some other charter-school managers.
School policies required that certain stakeholders, such as the principal and superintendent, make final decisions.
So the superintendent can make that argument, but the argument doesn't stand".
The superintendent, David Hornbeck, made the announcement less than a week after the school system, the nations sixth largest, averted a state takeover.
A number of public interest organizations and community activists say that Michael Glascoe, the superintendent, has made impressive strides in his efforts to improve Paterson's seriously troubled schools during his two years on the job.
