Chavis, who believes principals need to be held more accountable for their schools’ performance[4], replaced most of the school’s staff, eliminated bilingual education and Native American cultural content from the curriculum, and gave away all the school’s technology equipment[5]. Chavis focused instruction on the California Content Standards and instituted a number of unorthodox disciplinary policies.
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For example, Chavis, with parental permission, shaved the head of a student accused of stealing in front of the entire school, forced a girl to clean the boys’ bathroom as punishment, and forced some students to wear embarrassing signs
