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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Dixon
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Nonpartisan Search Committee to Appoint A New CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools
FOR the purpose of requesting the Board of School Commissioners to appoint an all inclusive, nonpartizan search committee that will tailor the search process to find a new CEO for the Baltimore City Public School System to the unique requisites of the community to ensure that candidates who are selected have the skills and experience necessary to meet the needs and priorities of the school system, students, parents, and community.
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"Urban School Superintendents: Characteristics, Tenure, and Salary Fifth Survey and Report", Urban Indicator: June 2006, states that urban school superintendents hold one of the most important and challenging jobs in America's education system. The Council of Great City Schools, the publisher of the report, represents the majority of large urban districts in the country - though there are approximately 17,000 school districts in the country, the Council's 65 districts serve approximately 7.4 million of America's 48.3 million k-12 students (15 %), and 30% of the nation's students of color, low-income, and English language learners.
The Council reports that with such vast numbers of students - including the nation's most vulnerable children - urban superintendents clearly face a set of challenges that...
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