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cxl~cct;~lions. and curricular n~odif'ications. They all had great confidence in a district leader
\4.lio had come up tlirou~h the ranks urith many of them and who had been so successful in so
rn:in!I otlie~. initiati\,es. When tlie supcrintcndent told his teachers. "We're goin: to do what
\j8c I?clic\~c is ri_rht for kids. That's our first and foremost priority. We'll be compliant. But
co~iipliance to me is the ~ninimal. that's the least important thing. 1-11 deal nrith the
compli~tnce. You deal \x.ith what's good for tlie kids." they believed him.
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