Quote Originally Posted by trstar View Post
Bobb is a fianace person. He should stick to the finances of the district. He is not qualified to make academic decisions. His choice of bringing in new academic consultants with failing track records elsewhere is foolhardy. The current board, or previous board, fumbled their chance at running the district by hiring Calloway. She was CLEARLY not qualified to run the district. The state allowed the thieves in the temple with the Engler takeover.
Nothing is perfect......

We need to remind ourselves that when Robert Bobb was appointed by the governor to manage the finances of DPS, the board had fired Connie Calloway and the ship had no captain. The board is not in charge of creating an academic plan. That responsibility falls on the desk of the superintendent who again was fired by the board three months before Bobb arrived.

I know people want to beat up on Bobb and granted he attempted to conjure up some "pie in the sky" ideas that may have been too much for Detroit but at least he is attempted to change the status quo attitude that have made the school system toxic. The old saying is "you will take two steps backwards to take one step forward" and DPS will be taking a lot of steps back to move forward.