Teacher on Special Assignment

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After pointing out that she was at the helm of an operationwith a budget approaching a billion dollars, 50,000 students, 8,000 employeesand 82 buildings, Renee Foose responded that she “is just a teacher on specialassignment.”
She probably knows a thing or two about special assignments.She’s a former state trooper too.
Dr. Renee A. Foose is the first female superintendent of theHoward County Public School System and if I had to pick one word to describeher I’d go with genuine. There is something that seems very grounded and honestwith her and that made conversation and discussion easy.
We talked about redistricting, grant monies, testing and theapology that the system made for promoting segregation ten years after theSupreme Court outlawed the practice in public schools. HCPSS may be the first school system in the country to apologize for what was then a pretty widespread practice. According to this storyby Joe Burris in The Sun, “a historian with the Brown vs. Board of EducationNational Historic Site in Topeka,said he recalls many apologies for slavery and segregation, but he could notthink of one that specifically addressed segregated schools.”
Dr. Foose told us that school board member Allen Dyer was particularly passionate about this. Is it just me or does anyone else notice that Allen is becoming more agreeable now that his board days are numbered?
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