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in tllis M.;I!'. "-1-he communiry rilu\t comc togelhcr. You work as a school hoal.d, you ucork as
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and you \s,osk ;IS a staff 1 0 per the communiry in\.olved so that they become
~i ~);LI-r oftl~c dccisio~l-lll;~ki~~g 171-ocess. ,411 the mandates in the world aren't zoing to make a
clifl.cl,cncc. I think ir has ro colne from v-ithin."
'I'hcl-c \4.as gse;~t pl-idc cshihired hy the staff n.ho were truly proud of the smalll
inriliiatc sctri11: that allou'ed for irll teachers K-12 to become 2enuine colleagues. Thev saw
t.;~ch c-,thcs cvc~.v clav. tlic~. sIi;~scd the same teachers' lounge. and the!. knew all of the district's
c~hildrcn. Tlic c~~~.~-iculurn director deqcribed rhe district in this \i.a\.: "We are like a fami]!-. If
sc\mctliing li;~pl~cns to an older child. it affects all of us. Many of us had that child as a student
. \.C;II-S bcl.orc. 13~1t like ;ill districts. p~isticipants recognized that care must be taken to create
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