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Principals approve new evaluations but object to workload - latimes.com

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Principals approve new evaluations but object to workload

 L.A. Unified Supt. John Deasy at a Los Angeles School Board meeting in Feb.
School officials on Tuesday formally approved a one-year agreement for evaluating principals in the Los Angeles Unified School District, but the head of the administrators union also asserted that principals will be overburdened by a new teacher-evaluation system.
The new evaluation system for principals, which will incorporate student-achievement data, was ratified by the Board of Education after previous approval by the administrators union.
“We appreciate the collaboration with the district’s bargaining team during negotiations,” said Judith Perez,