Chicago, Here's Your Guide to Brizard

CITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT BRIZARD
CITY SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT BRIZARD
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Updated: 4/21/2011 5:42 pm
I’ve been contacted by more than a few Chicago-area reporters and community members who want to know about their incoming schools chief. I’ve prepared this list of what I consider to be revealing and important stories during his tenure.

I’ll let you decipher the running theme. My advice is to fact-check absolutely everything, ask tons of questions and file lots and lots of FOILs.

2009:

RCSD School Officials in Vegas During Testing, Layoffs

RCSD Board to Question Brizard’s Raise

Brizard Hires $100,000-a-Year, Part-Time Special Assistant

RCSD’s Central Kitchen Cited by Health Inspectors

RCSD Issued Hundreds of Credit Cards to Employees

Principals Told to Cut Art, Music, Phys Ed

RCSD Staff Stayed at Luxury Resort During Budget Crisis


2010:

Inside the Rubber Room

Brizard Created Cabinet Positions Without Board Approval

RCSD Cabinet Spending at Record Levels

Brizard Said He Didn't Give Raises to Top Staff, but He Did

State Test Scores Plummet, Erasing Gains

Brizard Spinning Graduation Data

Former Superintendent Blasts Brizard's Interpretation of Grad Rate Data

EEOC Finds Brizard Discriminated Against Official

2011

Staff Survey Finds Little Support for Brizard

Fact-Checking Brizard on Cabinet Spending

State: Only 5% of RCSD Grads Ready for College

RCSD Budget Deeply Cuts Arts, Music, Foreign Language


Rachel Barnhart, Anchor/Reporter
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tutupen - 4/21/2011 9:01 AM
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Good luck Chicago......we gladly hand over "Mr.Mixed Message". He can't even agree with how he informed the board of his resignation. Did he "text" Mr. Evans or not????? I agree with "Curious". In the last 3 years my elementary school has become unsafe for students and teachers. The in school suspension room housed the same students all year. They made their path entering and exiting the building fighting and frightening students and staff. Maybe we can get back to the joy of teaching instead of working in fear waiting for the next blow. Watch the numbers change now that JC isn't around to interpret them.

kolbe3 - 4/18/2011 11:36 PM
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With Love Chicago, - Rochester

Curious - 4/18/2011 10:00 PM
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Citizens of Chicago beware! The only positive thing that can be said about Mr. Brizard is that he lowered the Out-Of-School Suspension Rate in the RCSD. He did this by simply not allowing building principals to suspend unruly and dangerous students. He required building principals to keep these disruptive and dangerous students in their school buildings to continue their campaign of terror and mayhem on the other students and staff. Brizard did not care at all that he was in direct violation of New York State Education Law that specifically ensures a "Safe and Orderly learning/work environment for all students and staff. Do your research about his background here in Rochester, and in New York City. Pay attention to who has trained him, and who promotes & backs him. Ask yourself what are these peoples' goals for public education in the United States. How will this personally affect me and my family?

janimare - 4/18/2011 8:57 PM
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Nuff said! Good luck Chicago.
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