Mary,
At the end of the day, all transitioning servants need to leverage our
children's core competencies and teachers' best practices in a proactive
way, creating a win-win situation for all. The bottom line is that we need
to think outside the box and find a strategic and result-driven fit for
value-added, synergistic, client-focused empowerment.
Not to put too fine a point on it...
AMH
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Andrew M. Hine
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04/28/2005 10:13 School Board?
AM
Late Wednesday, I electronically filed my application for the 6 month
vacancy on the St Paul School Board. Thursday morning, the P Press
announced that Andy Dawkins has also tossed his hat in the ring, joining
former Chief Finney and Gilbert de la O. There were also three other
citizens, whose names weren't recognizable to me as public figures, listed.
My initial dismay over my own position quickly turned to curiosity over the
real issue at hand: how to best serve the city and public schools through
this temporary vacancy?
Questions for this list:
1. Will the schools be better served by having an experienced, genuinely
dedicated, and potentially up -to -speed public servant sit on the board,
or will we be better served by inviting someone new to offer their
perspective and other types of experience?
2. Another way to look at this issue could also be: is the community
best served by having a public servant who may be retiring or transitioning
return or by inviting a new servant to emerge?
As for how I would answer those 2 questions -- I'd have to say we would be
better served in the short-term by having a seasoned public servant sit on
the vacant seat and better served in the long-term by using the seat as a
means for a new servant to emerge.
Although I have applied for the spot, my own community involvement has been
guided by what may be an overly idealistic view: public service demands
that the greater civic good prevail over personal interest. I'm not
certain what the greater civic good would be in this instance.
Ideas?
Mary Petrie
Mounds Park
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