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Don’t be afraid of making hard decisions. Spend as much time as possible in schools listening to students, parents, teachers and community members. And when will someone finally get serious about declining enrollment?

These are some of the comments that more than three dozen Seattle Times readers shared for Seattle Public Schools’ incoming superintendent, Ben Shuldiner.

Shuldiner, 48, was unanimously chosen by the Seattle School Board as the dis

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