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Dog and Pony Show
I Hope Our New Superintendent Is Smart Enough To See Past This
Carefully orchestrated visits to school sites are not going to give Alberto Carvalho the information he needs to successfully run the LAUSD.
“how can he truly help if he doesn’t see the reality.”
- LAUSD Parent on Parents Supporting Teachers
Whenever an executive from my employer’s corporate office schedules a tour of our facility, an email is sent out to ensure that the plant is cleaned up appropriately. I have never understood the value in this as the interested party is not seeing how the plant operates, only that the employees know what condition it is supposed to be kept.
At least in this example, there is no downside to the action. While some resources may be diverted from production, the plant is being brought up to the condition that it should be in, even when a VIP is not visiting. The same cannot be said for how LAUSD’s army of bureaucrats prepared for visits to school sites by the new Superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, during his first week on the job.
