Major areas of what?

“Major areas of interest” – which generated all that hubbub two years ago, and this really big list – may no longer be a major area of interest.

Board of Education member Kathleen Shanahan raised the issue this afternoon during a workshop on the BOE’s draft strategic plan (which doesn't mention "major areas of interest.") In hindsight, she said, asking high school students to declare majors “sounds like a mistake.”

“Maybe we gave them too many choices,” she said. “I have no problem saying we tried it and it didn’t work.”

Education Commissioner Eric J. Smith responded: “We could revisit that probably.”

Lucy Hadi, DOE’s chancellor of workforce education, said the state’s recent moves on career and technical education shifted the spotlight. This fall, there are 460 career academies in 66 counties, she told the board. “I think we really have moved past major areas of interest," she said.

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3:10, LOL!

In two years, the FBOE's strategic plan will be amended again to exclude any mention of anything included in this year's draft.

[terminator]

What the hell does Luci Hadi know about public education K-12?
Didn't she just get the boot from another agency? And she ends up as a bean counter over at DOE? Can't she just be put out to pasture like the rest of the old hags?
As I've said all along, the Florida Board of Education is a complete and utter failure and a collection of nitwits with little to no knowledge of public education.
No one in the state could care less what these guys do and they have no impact on Florida public education whatsoever.
They are totally irrelevant and should be abolished.
The money saved could be better spent on teacher recruitment and retention since so many teachers are getting out of FloriDUH!

Yeah, you know that was sooooo two years ago. We need real long term planning . . . like what we are going to eat for lunch. Term limits are great, aren't they?