The Caddo Parish School Board will try again; the board has selected Dr. Theodis Lamar Goree as superintendent at a salary of $200,000 a year, beginning a three-year contract December 1. Congratulations and best wishes for success to Dr. Goree, but I had hoped that the board would find a candidate with success in a business or profession other than one who has spent his life in teaching and related school service. Over and over again we have tried to improve our schools and have failed.
We acknowledge that school success depends upon these three -- the student, the teacher, and the parents. A poor job by one and the school fails and the student gets a poor education. Oh, there is a fourth factor -- the teacher's union. While the other three put the student first, the union cares only for the teacher. For schools to operate successfully, school leaders must battle the unions and continue to put the student first.
We acknowledge that school success depends upon these three -- the student, the teacher, and the parents. A poor job by one and the school fails and the student gets a poor education. Oh, there is a fourth factor -- the teacher's union. While the other three put the student first, the union cares only for the teacher. For schools to operate successfully, school leaders must battle the unions and continue to put the student first.
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