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Article: Johnson Feels The Heat From School Board
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 20, 1994
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Within four days last week, the Chicago School Board escalated
its message to the school system's top leaders from "Get results -
fast" to "Get results - fast. Or else."
Board President D. Sharon Grant stepped up the pressure on
School Supt. Argie K. Johnson and other top administrators to
improve the system by next spring, when the board will need help
tackling its next financial crisis.
"Nobody is questioning anybody's commitment," Grant said Friday.
"We're saying: `Look at a situation, diagnose it and begin to treat
it.' It appears they're still floundering."
Johnson, who inherited a fiscal crisis and a staff decimated by
early retirements, said she is committed to improving ...