I believe that redistricting and teacher hiring can be made more transparent and open to a greater public input by forming sub-committees and surveys distributed throughout the schools. Even though sometimes we do not have enough time in the day for more committees I believe in certain cases it is highly important to take in consideration the viewpoints of parents. We also need to have a balance of letting our administrators have the liberty of hiring. The DOE states the hiring process belongs primarily to the Superintendent and the Principals. However, we have taken steps implementing change. A good example of this was having sub-committees with parents, administrators and teachers in the hiring process of Beverly Shea, our Director of Pupil Services, and Tim Blake, our Principal to the Andrews Middle School.
