Outline of Pedro Garcia's Administration

[This outline will be linked to individual pages over time.]

Cascade Consulting Group--Beginning the search process

Selection of Garcia--the public process.

The first few months of Garcia's Administration indicated mistreatment of school staff.

Garcia showed the power structure in Nashville that he could, indeed, live by public relations.

The California people never failed to refer to it as the Student Based Budget (2002-2003).  Actually, students were the last priority.

Transfer of Principals--Creating Chaos

Kathleen Harkey tried to impose some accountability on the California people. 

When snow surprised school officials in 2003, many mistakes were made.  But the city was forgiving of Garcia.  In return, the Californian was unforgiving of one principal who was snowbound in Joelton

News management 2003-2005

School Budget actions 2003-2005

Hugh Trevor-Roper's theory on the broken relationship between Garcia and the school board.