Joe Donovan

Joe Donovan
cap last leave move number parents particular prior students until
Up until last year, there was a cap on the number of students that could leave a particular district. Last year, it was 10 percent; prior to that, 3 percent. Now there are no caps, so more parents are opting to move their students around.
encourage rigorous students
The most important thing we can do is to encourage all of our students to take rigorous coursework.
activities
There has never been that kind of effort, to standardize activities and rules.
national nice pleased remained score scores
For comparison's sake, the national composite score is 20.9. It's very nice to be No. 1, but we're very, very pleased that our scores have remained constant.
concern dropped great initially
It's dropped significantly. Initially there was some great concern about this.
address issue local mandate suggestion
This isn't a mandate but her suggestion the communities address this issue at a local level.
buy presents
I mean, if I had to buy presents at Christmastime, I would.