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since 1900, I am the fourth person who occupies the
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State Superintendency. Now, there may be something
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said about having too long a tenure, this is possible,
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but I assure you, I won't be in office as long as my
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predecessor or the past two, because time gives out on
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me and mandatory retirement age catches up. So, this
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will not happen.
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I think, in these states where you have a
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turnover of the superintendency, you also have a turn-
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over of the central staff which is really very detri-
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mental. I visited a state department of education just
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as recently as this spring. I spent three days with it
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as a reviewing team and I shuttered to think what is
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going to happen after the next election. I know what
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happened after the last election and, for me, I would
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not work in a situation like that.
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MRS. BOTHE: On the subject of the super-
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intendent of schools and the manner of his selection,
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of course, our Constitution is silent on that subject
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altogether and we have heard some sentiment expressed
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that there should be a constitutional provision
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