{"id":182,"date":"2009-01-23T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olbert.com\/board\/?p=182"},"modified":"2009-01-23T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T01:30:26","slug":"improving-special-education-and-saving-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/board.olbert.com\/index.php\/2009\/01\/23\/improving-special-education-and-saving-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Special Education and Saving Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last night’s Board meeting Tom Green, the Director of Student Services & Curriculum Instruction, explained how the District can improve its special education program by establishing additional classes to address the needs of kids who are currently educated outside the District.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is potentially wonderful news, as few parents like the idea of bussing their kids to distant sites for their education. Educating students within our community makes them more a part of our community.<\/span><\/p>\n

And, demonstrating that you can sometimes do well by doing good, the change could reduce costs by $600,000 per year or more. Given the terrible fiscal situation California public education finds itself in, this is also welcome news.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tom, and <\/span> Mary Jude Doerpinghaus, the District’s Coordinator of Special Education, deserve kudos for coming up with and structuring this idea. It’s the kind of thinking I was hoping I’d see when we enhanced the District’s special education leadership.<\/p>\n

But there’s another player in the District who also deserves credit. Some managers see a problem, and try to solve it themselves. That’s okay, but doing that a lot makes your overall success dependent upon one person.<\/p>\n

Other managers choose to bring on board experts to solve the problem, support them, and get out of the way. That requires a leader whose ego doesn’t require his or her face on each and every success.<\/p>\n

Steve Mitrovich is that kind of leader. And, since I forgot to thank him for his role in this positive development last night, I’m going to do it here instead.<\/p>\n

So, thanks, Steve.<\/p>\n

And now, please jump back on those 4,372 other problems we’re facing :).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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