Document Type
Transcript
Publication Date
10-24-2019
Abstract
Not long after becoming the first Latino superintendent in Illinois’ second-largest school district, Elgin School District, with a student population of 40,000 students, I visited all of our 56 schools. When I visited schools, I introduced myself in classrooms, stating I was the “Superintendent,” which meant I was the “boss of the principals.” In Spanish, I said, I was the “Mero Mero” (the Big guy in charge). As I visited a third-grade classroom at Channing Elementary School, Lissette (not her real name), a 9-year-old Latina girl with big brown eyes and black curly hair said to me, "I want to be a super person like you when I grow up. I've never met anyone like you."
Recommended Citation
Torres, José M., "Personal Reflections / 10.24.19" (2019). Personal Reflections. 54.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/pres_reflection/54