2007-11-15 08:53:40 - Q & A with Dr. Joseph Rudnicki, who speaks about the achievements of the Sunnyvale School District, problems faced by Sunnyvale schools and students and California's education policies.

Sunnyvale, CA - The Sunnyvale School District includes 10 schools with 6003 students coming from a diverse community including Hispanics, Caucasians, Asians, Filipinos, African Americans and Indian Americans. Dr. Joseph W. Rudnicki, the Sunnyvale School District Superintendent, spoke to Zirana.com in an exclusive interview about his work, urgent priorities in front of his desk and his love for teaching.

Asked about

funding requirements and shortfalls in any specific areas, Dr. Rudnicki said that, 'California funding, as reflected by the large class sizes, is not sufficient to employ the number of teachers necessary to offer a very high quality education. Support staff in California is also very limited. As is typical in California we do not have any certificated librarians. We have one nurse for our 6,000 students and very limited counseling. These minimal levels of staffing are typical only to California where education is poorly funded.-
Read the full interview here: zirana.com/sunnyvale/content/view/10305/

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