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Some Milwaukee educators say Peterkin sold them on a vision for the improvement of their schools, and is now jumping ship before seeing his plans through...
...Although Peterkin will have fulfilled his three-year contract when he resigns this June, his announcement came only three months after he had announced a five-year plan for the improvement of the Milwaukee schools...
Since coming to Milwaukee in 1988 from Cambridge, Peterkin has worked to increase community involvement in a school system that is riddled with all the woes of inner-city life. His efforts at reform have been broad-based, encouraging active contributions from parents and business leaders in the community, says John Hays, principal of Milwaukee's South Division High School...
...Peterkin's first moves as superintendent was to decentralize the school system by creating six districts, each with its own community superintendent. Peterkin says this will allow the school system to raise educational standards by increasing local control of the schools...
...this stage these changes have yet to bring improvement in the classroom, however, and with Peterkin's departure the future of this vision is uncertain, says Robert Peters, principal of Custer High School in Milwaukee...