@pbcsupt
 Palm Beach County, Florida
Joined January 2015
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We're so excited to celebrate #ThankATeacherPBC #Thanksgiving! Stay tuned all week long as we celebrate our outstanding Palm Beach County educators.
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Our buses are ready to provide the safest, most efficient transportation to and from school daily. #PBCSready Video: youtu.be/b6vTftKJWN4
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Our future begins in the classroom. Live Friday 9/11 8 p.m. ThinkItUp.org @Think_It_Up movement! #ThinkItUp

Think It Up - Entertainment Industry Foundation

Think It Up was national education initiative founded by EIF and the XQ Institute to reframe the public discussion about education in America.

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School Board approves for @Supt_Avossa to begin work with the @PBCSD on June 12.
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Board unanimously approves @Supt_Avossa's contact as the next superintendent of the School District of Palm Beach County. #PBCPublicProud
Board member Erika Whitfield plays "Here Comes the Sun" as Dr. Robert Avossa enters the Board room after being selected. @pbcsd
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Board immediately without debate votes unanimously to extend an offer to Dr. Robert Avossa. @Supt_Avossa
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Board repeatedly refers to the three finalists as "Super Stars".
Board begins discussions of the @pbcsd superintendent candidates after listening to their interview answers.
"What matters most to me is to contribute to the community where i live," Avossa says during closing remarks.
"Does this community have the courage to face the challenges and fortitude to hold it together when things get tough?" says Avossa.
Avossa says growing up in Melbourne, Fla. gave him good quality of life he wants to to share with his kids, what is attractive to @pbcsd.
Critical issues in five years acc'd to Avossa: Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, testing and accountability, addressing construction.
On difficult decisions "As long as it's for kids, as long as it's research based, then I sleep at night," Avossa says.
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"The community wants students who are graduating college and are career ready". @Supt_Avossa
Avossa says strength: "I'm a teacher at heart." Fiscally conservative citing ability to give over half teachers a 10% raise.
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Avossa says he has devoted his teaching career to Title I and primarily minority schools.
Avossa says he utilities "pressure and support" to implement accountability and determine how to get better.
Avossa says he spends a lot of time in his current schools in program called "getting connected" to learn what is needed.
Avossa says there are great things happening in @pbcsd. Will create 90-day entry plan to methodically go through divisions.
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