This is probably a picky, myopic point, but I don’t really understand why DISD’s board would want to eliminate the current city of Dallas residency requirement for district employees at the executive director level and above (essentially, the highest-paid and most influential employees at DISD). Yes, I can understand the supposed value of increasing the pool of qualified employees, if DISD is allowed to hire executives permanently living in cities outside Dallas, including Weatherford (that would be Kim Olson, pictured here, the current head of human development). But I suspect that somewhere within the million-plus residents of Dallas, a qualified human development officer resides, or with the money that is paid for these high-level jobs, I suspect that someone hired from outside Dallas could probably afford something a little nicer than a double-wide somewhere within the city limits. To Ms. Olson’s credit, she says she’s committed to DISD and appears willing to move to Dallas, if required. But given all of the PR problems DISD has faced recently, it makes PR sense — if perhaps not complete business sense — to require that the people who are running the district put down roots in the city that is home to the students they’re charged with educating.