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Principals describe community-driven staffing pilots as district weighs program trade-offs
Summary
Three Mesa principals told the board that participatory staffing pilots—engaging families, staff and students—produced ideas such as arts-and-science emphases but also raised concerns about staff stretch, equity, and the need for district-level coordination.
Three principals presented results from a participatory staffing pilot to the Mesa Public Schools governing board on Feb. 12, describing how small-group focus meetings with families, staff and students generated program proposals but also flagged real trade-offs.
Principal Holly Chang (Washington) said roughly 13 families took part in after-school meetings and a student survey; the group landed on an arts-and-science emphasis (STEAM) and suggested changing 'specials' offerings and program emphases.…
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