Courage under Fire: Duval County's School Board Chair Faces a Major Leadership Challenge

Autor/inn/en	Fossey, Richard; Jenkins, Lynn
Titel	Courage under Fire: Duval County's School Board Chair Faces a Major Leadership Challenge
Quelle	In: Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 14 (2011) 3, S.99-129 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-4589
DOI	10.1177/1555458911426498
Schlagwörter	Student Transportation; School Districts; Boards of Education; Bids; Contracts; Leadership; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulbus; School district; Schulbezirk; Ausschuss; Ausschreibung; Vertrag; Führung; Führungsposition
Abstract	This case set in Jacksonville, Florida, covers the years 1998 to 2001. A new nontraditional superintendent, Major General John C. Fryer, focuses on student achievement, but financial needs and Florida law require him to bid contracts for student transportation, upsetting a 50-year pattern of contracting without competitive bidding with more than 100 local contractors, many of whom have only one bus! Though Fryer moves cautiously and slowly, the local bus contractors strongly object. The board, after much delay, is at last forced to make a decision and approves a small number of contracts that include national transportation firms. But then, within just a few days, it rescinds its decision and cancels the contracts. Board President Susan Wilkinson is forced to decide whether to abide by the board's vote to rescind or follow the direction of legal counsel and sign the contracts. (Contains 16 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10