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sclols He did not belic\re this to be any pan of the motivation
HC saa3 schools as inslilutions that itre ofien slov,~ to mokc change and this was
the lefisl:~(i\.e cl.liis( to p~.omolu needed ch;lnge. Hc concl~idcd with. '?hcrc are hetter \~;a)~s to
(lo things. I ttri~ih 11131 perjplc h;~\,e to comc to understand that this u!hole process. thi5
cnntinuous i~i~~x~o~crncnt inodcl wllerc you look at where you Lire. you set foals. yoo
implement the chat~ges. and thcn yoit allalyze. I think that's hecornins pan of the culture."
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Other districr p;tsticip:~nrs \.oicrd appreciation for the distl.ict's \\.illingnesc tn emplay a
J~ita spcci:~list :tnd qx&e u.i111 grr:rt pride of rhe APR which was produced by the data
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\pccialist. The! ,.ic.i\-ecf (hi. pdl-tncr 34- t-;a\.ing the ability to take all of the -'rnuddlcd pieces.
and not only 11iec'l t1ic Entcnt of tllc ~nand~i~cs. but tn put thc data into an understandable
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to IIICC~ the .!/>I III! to LIL'\ L * I o ~ ~.h;rr-l\ I~;II helpcd rcact1t.r~ ai [he lc~cul Ir\-el. This