Jim Baldwin Quotes (6 Quotes)

My wife had been teaching, on and off, since the early '70s and, when we moved here in 1983, she restarted her teaching career in Fairfax County, ... I got into Northern Virginia's Cultural Arts program, doing storytelling at school assemblies.

The question is if you really want to change the rules, you've got to give us time. Nobody is rejecting the idea that the city provides a valuable service.

My military background was in leadership roles, so it was a natural progression for me to move into administration, ... I felt I could do many of the same things I was doing, but on a schoolwide level.

It was great, ... Working with a group of administrators at London Towne the principal and another assistant principal as a team, was a fascinating experience. I enjoyed being an assistant principal because I could still be in the classroom and do activities with the kids.

I'd been helping her in the classrooms, over the years, and had a growing interest in teaching as a rewarding and enjoyable profession.

Four or five years from now we'll be in the same position. The state board of accounts doesn't allow the 16 percent increase that you've budgeted in for 2010.