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.l'lle si~l>c~.inrcndent ~>~.nl'csscd a major change in hecoming a data-dri\:en district.
"DaI;r-dl-i\,cn clccision making has ~-e:~lly become the way we do rhings here. The n.hole
notion of' lhc en1il.c co~nmunity. school staff. parents. and comrnunir\l members being invo]\led
in designing the \chool irnpl-o\.emcnt process has all come about as a result of HF 2272." The
p;i~-t icipat ion of the comnluni ty \isas also cited by several participants ;IS a significant ntajr in
\i.hich tllcis tli.s~i.ic~ had ch:inyxi. Not only did [hey seport infnsmation going from the school
10 the c.o~~irlli~nit\'. hut also ;~cknom'ledfed a seciprocal pal-tnesship u.here community members
Iklt co~nfortable rc) \,oice their concerns about school issues and the direction of the district.
;Zg;~in the psc\.io~~s superintendent \!.as credited \\.ith having established a shared process that
hacl not onl!. includccl many st;tkeholders. but had also en~po\s.ered that goup as well.
'-2 scnios aJn1inist1-;itor described his pei.sonal role as having changed in se\,eral nays.
14e c.iIcd his p;~~.tic-ilx~tic~~.~ on both the school inipro\~ement team as \s.ell as u.01-king u.ith a
I;~rgeI!. pasc.~lr-d~-i\.c~l ;~cl\.iso~-~. I3~~a1.d he had cstahlishsd. II'hilc not chaising either of these
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