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The Circ Jerk: Pulle Advises The Tennessean

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Posted on July 8, 2008 - 10:07am at Post Politics
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Matt Pulle doesn’t understand the “paper of record’s” treatment of t

Let’s Get It Started

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Posted on June 13, 2008 - 9:34am at Post Politics
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Councilman Jerry Maynard on the Metro School Director search:

Endorsing Padgett

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Posted on June 11, 2008 - 5:22pm at Post Politics
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Some interesting folks are lining up behind U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Mike Padgett in his race against Bob Tuke. Some are no surprise. Randy Button is a former partner in the firm running the campaign, for example. Some other names have a bit of pop to them, however.

School Board Unanimously Selects Search Firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, Ltd for Schools Director Search

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Posted on May 4, 2008 - 10:17pm at SB District 6
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Two school board members may miss search firm interviews

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Posted on May 1, 2008 - 9:49pm at SB District 6
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Coverstone Wants The Game Played At A Higher Level

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Posted on April 25, 2008 - 10:16am at Post Politics
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Alan Coverstone, a candidate for school board in the 9th District, is saddened how much petty politics have been infused search for a new school director:

No deje la puerta golpearle en la salida, Pedro

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Posted on January 19, 2008 - 7:27pm at Salem's Lots
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Don’t go away mad, Pedro…just go away.

Former Metro School Director, Pedro Garcia, has finally BEEN schooled, and is leaving Nashville, and probably heading west. Garcia made little effort to ingratiate himself with teachers and most school leaders. His dictatorial management style and his penchant for punishing principals who didn’t toe the line of Pedro didn’t prove expedient in either test score imp

Latest Update--- Garcia passed up for San Diego job

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Posted on January 19, 2008 - 5:17pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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By JAIME SARRIO • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • January 19, 2008

Terry Grier, a former Williamson County school director and current school chief in Guilford County, North Carolina, was selected today to head the San Diego Unified School District. Metro Schools chief Pedro Garcia was in the running for the job.

After almost a month of deliberation, Grier was named the new superintendent at a press conference in California this afternoon. The decision comes just hours before Ga

Time for Garcia to go

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Posted on January 19, 2008 - 2:10pm at thinktrain
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I initally applauded the hiring of Metro Nashville Public Schools Director Pedro Garcia, but I think it’s time for him to go. I considered the school board’s decision to bring in someone with a proven track record from outside the system to be an intelligent and well-reasoned decision. In retrospect, it looks more like a mistake.

Garcia wants out of contract

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Posted on January 19, 2008 - 2:04pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Board will vote today on his severance request
By JAIME SARRIO • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • January 19, 2008

Metro Schools Director Pedro Garcia on Friday made his first official move to be released from his contract, just one day before the board was set to begin his annual evaluation process.

The embattled school director is under contract until 2010 but submitted a written request for the board to consider giving him a severance package.

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