From pandemic policies to 'purple' politics, outgoing District214 superintendent and incoming AASAHQ boss DSchuler1970 looks back on 17 years
At David R. Schuler's first school board meeting in Northwest Suburban High School District 214 in 2005, then-board member Bill Blaine told the new 34-year-old superintendent:"If everything you're doing is working, you're not pushing the envelope far enough."
During an exit interview with the Daily Herald, Schuler, 52, talked about what he got done, what he wishes he had more time to do, how he handled the pandemic, and what changes he's seen in education and politics that he says make him a little"anxious." Schuler -- who had already been a superintendent in Stevens Point and Marshall, a farming community outside Madison -- didn't think he'd be in District 214 for long. But four years into the job -- with the school board's support -- it became clear"this was the place for me."
And after the No Child Left Behind era -- what he referred to as"teaching to a test" -- came the Redefining Ready! campaign he launched while he was president of the superintendents organization during the 2015-16 school year. The framework uses metrics like grade-point average, placement in advanced or dual credit courses, attendance and participation in co-curricular activities to define students as being college- and career-ready.
"None of us had experienced it," he said."Everybody was trying to do their best. Even those that weren't agreeing with the position that we said, nobody went into the conversations wanting to be negative. But because we hadn't lived through an experience like that before, the emotions were just incredibly high for an extended period of time."
"I've got colleagues that had protesters outside of their homes. I've had colleagues who have police protection. I've had a very good colleague of mine who a community member made a physical threat against his wife and son. And those are things that I think crossed the line and are out of bounds but are much more commonplace now than they've ever been."
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