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A Utah native, John Florez has been on the staff of Sen. Orrin Hatch, served as former Utah Industrial Commissioner and filled White House appointments, including Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor and Commission on more ..
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So are you advocating that school board members should avoid sitting down and listening to other people or that they should simply go into the job with pre-existing opinions and an iron clad agenda?
Could it be that failure to be More..
"Free" PUBLIC education is the cornerstone of the USA democracy.
Dedicated Boards of Education--herein is the "to do" list to strengthen
you, the students, and our future.
Finding that balance between sticking to one's principles and building consensus is what all policy makers /leaders are called to do. Many policy makers don't have principles but they do like being reelected. Is anyone interested in More..