The deck chairs on the Titanic just got rearranged: Milwaukee Public Schools has a new superintendent.
MILWAUKEE – The Board of Directors for the Milwaukee Public Schools chose a new Superintendent of Schools Friday who will replace current Superintendent William Andrekopoulos when he retires in the coming months.
Dr. Gregory Thornton is the man the board selected - his job will become official July 1st.
Dr. Thornton comes to Milwaukee from his position as the superintendent of the Chester Upland School District in Pennsylvania, a position he has held for about 3 years.
Let’s see. New superintendent? Check. Same ol’ educational bureaucracy? Check. Same ol’ teachers union? Check. Same ol’ school board that serves as rubber stamps for the status quo? Check.
Cue up the band with Nearer My God To Thee.
Shit.
Well, on the other hand, nobody has pointed out that we may have better choices had we not been in the middle of thei takeover fight.
We were left with the rotten apples because we remain in the middle of a deadlock on who runs the district.