By late February, staff members were scrambling to get their evidence into the boxes, both for their departments and any focus groups which would be supported by that particular piece of evidence. Evidence coversheets were being typed up, copies made, people running to the library conference room to plant the evidence. The running joke between Aimee and me was that "well, aren’t we all just little Mark Furhmans this week." Some were not amused.
Some of the boxes seemed a little light at the beginning of March. Much of the evidence culled from the discipline-specific department boxes worked for the "Curricular Paths" and "Powerful Teaching and Learning" focus group boxes, but not for "Support," "Assessment and Accountability," nor "Vision, Leadership, and Culture." And then there were departments that were light as well. But at least all the evidence was real, at least we didn’t manufacture evidence.
Our report was factual, not PR. Our evidence was real, not manufactured. And our Action Plan could work. Now the only question was would we get six years to work it.
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