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So far, many such as Assm. Erica Mosca, former Assm. Pat Hickey, charter school leader Ignacio Prado and edu nonprofit leader Sean Parker are throwing their support behind Victor Wakefield, a Teach for America leader, former Guinn Center fellow and State Board of Ed member

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Trustee Dominguez asks how can he rebuild trust/relationship w/ staff. Welsh says there needs to be opportunity to hear staff feedback and regular meetings with different district groups.

On to Qs. Trustee Biassotti asks what is the main reason behind profiency rates misalignment w/ grad rates. Welsh advocates ensuring advance coursework is available to all students.

He notes HS grad rates, new board and appointed trustees as strengths, but cites weakness such as the Lundy ES closure, using fed funds for teacher recruitment at vacation destinations.

The next supt candidate, Jesse Welsh, is up. Like Anzalone, he also has history at CCSD.

Other ideas Anzalone hopes to bring to CCSD from his Wash. school district include
-a supt budget committee so "it's not just falling on a CFO, or it's not just falling on a superintendent, or the board"
-alignment among feeder schools
-program to help students entering kinder

Trustee Stevens Esparza-Stoffregen asks for his financial plan for district. Anzalone says he wants to look at the budget and see if there's areas where they can trim, particularly at the central office level "because my goal is to bring you a balanced budget."

Anzalone said he sees himself as an additional board member. His board prez was supportive of his application and said he'd be crazy not to do it.

Trustees Dominguez and Satori ask him about what he would do rebuild relationship with staff and how he works with his current board. He says that starts with SOTs and working w/ committees.

And now Qs from trustees. 1st up, Trustee Isaac Barron. He asks what would the 1st 100 days w/ him would look like. Anzalone says he will be at school and the Legislature. He says because he is from CCSD, he doesn't need full 100 days to learn about the district

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He notes CCSD's starting teacher salary as a strengthen, but notes a lack of trust & transparency, disparities in the salary schedule as weaknesses.

You can watch the livestream of the interviews here: youtube.com/watch?v=dD4M...

As a reminder, only 2/4 candidates will be interviewed today. The second half will be up tomorrow, same time, 5 p.m.

"Our staff and students cannot afford delays and it's time to get to work," he said. Anzalone said this job would not be a stepping stone for him. "This is my last stop."