dr. hinojosa talk about meeting with dignity. in this land of accountability, as a superintendent, i am certain you have to make a decision to remove a principal. have test scores than the sole indicator or if not, what is the criteria? to remove thead principal and the assistant principal. it was all about atmosphere conditions. they were so caught up in being administrators, they were not doing the work of leadership. you have to articulate expectations across the board so that when you come in with concerns, no one is surprised. you have told them what you expect, and with this certain principle i called him in and said, this is what is going on. it is what i am observing. i am seeing the same thing in staff meetings as well. i am going to the campus. i talk to my coaches a lot. i am an old coach in terms of coaching people. how many chances do you give someone to mess up your school climate? how long do you let it go on before you finally address it? do you wait until all the staff have left? i'm talking to the community and

dr. hinojosa talk about leading with dignity.accountability, as superintendent i'm sure you had to make a decision to remove a principal. i thank you for making the comment about you're just not solely focused on test scores but in reality, we are all held accountable. at what point in your experience as superintendent have you had to remove a principal and if so, has test scores been the indicator? what's been your criteria? >> well, in one day i removed the principal and assistant principal. it was all about atmospheric conditions. they were so caught up in being administrators, they weren't doing administrative work, they weren't doing the work of leadership. you have to articulate your expectations across the board so that when you come in with your concerns, no one's surprised. you have told them what you expect and with this certain principal, i called him in, said okay, here's what's going o it's not what i heard, it's what i'm observing, because i have seen the same thing in staff meetings as well. i'm going out to the ca

dr. hinojosa? can you say doc? people struggle and they finally say doc. so, okay, that looks pretty good and as i describe what i do, you're going to see that i'm interacting with people all the time and i say, well, you know what? what i really like it when you call me big papa. [applause] >> so in dallas if you ask for big papa, this is who you're going to get. [laughter] >> now, but some people have trouble with, you know, hinojosa. the other day somebody called me dr. omarosa. [laughter] >> i said, seriously? we look nothing alike. she's a lot taller than i am. what are you talking about? but, anyway, what i've learned in this business, you take yourself too seriously, you can't connect. and when you're going to do heavy lifting and urban work, you've got to be able to connect with people and you've got to make sure you don't take yourselves too seriously. i know the superintendent warriors in the room i have a great relationship with, there are many times when it's tough and people ask you, how are you been a superintendent for so long? how do you de