2A o Cliarlone $a82 Thursday, July 27, 2006 Green light for CMS change Continued from page 1A him. Moreover, he is very familiar with many of the CMS operational aspects because of his previous legal role with the district. “It is my view that in choos ing Mo, I got the best of both worlds: an insider’s knowl edge with an outsider’s per spective. I think he was the most logical choice for this position.” Although he’s short on day- to-day experience, Green, hke Gorman, has imdertaken a whirlwind tour of the district to get an idea of its chal- ‘Ts it necessary that I have been an educator to be in this role. I would say no it’s not and in some ways it is refreshing and good to have someone who hasn’t been on that track the whole time because I can start to see some tilings that others who have been on that education al track would say That’s the way we do it in education’ may not be able to see.” Said Gorman: “As anyone who’s ever talked to Mo knows, he’s extremely bright and capable, with a quick and thorough grasp of big issues and the httie details that underpin them.” One of Green’s early tasks is working with principals, who have often be^ at odds with CMS administration over issues ranging from test ing to discipline. “They can communicate with me directly and I’m going to be responsive to them directly,” he said. “Dr. Gorman has already talked about being responsive in the sense of within 24 hours being responsive to the com munity Well, the same should hold true within our own organization. If a princi pal has an issue, we should try to be responsive.” “In a very real sense, CMS employees are tiie'heart of its operations every day, whether it’s in a classroom, on a bus or behind a cafeteria limch counter,” Gorman said. “Mo’s ability to listen and treat everyone with respect will serve him well in this capacity He and I will also work closely together as we try to address concerns at each school, and those are almost always community concerns that involve par ents, students and teachers.” CMS is in transition as a mostly urban district with a sizable middle class base. Suburban communities “Mo’s ability to listen ' and treat everyone with respect will serve him well in this capacity." CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman on Chief Operating Officer Maurice Green around Charlotte deal with school overcrowding while tnner-dty campuses face a widening gap in experienced teachers and facilities. Mounting pressure from state and federal mandates for academic achievement makes educating every child up to potential is more diffi cult. For Green, a New York native and son of a teacher, that’s CMS's primary mission “The external pressures, there’s an easy \^ay to deal with them and that is to edu cate every child to a hi^ level,” he said. “If we are doing our jobs as well as we can do it, then the rest of that win become a non-issue. For the educators that don’t want to educate every child then those are not the ones that I’m revering. The ones I’m revering are the ones that are desirous and are in fact doing everything they can to edu cate every child to a hi^ level.” Green answers to Gorman, but they are working in tan dem. 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