On a recent afternoon, Mick Founts, the San Joaquin County
Superintendent of Schools, the holder of a doctoral degree in
education, a top regional educator who supervises more than 1,000
employees and a budget of nearly $130 million, was not in his
spacious office, behind his massive desk.
He was cradling a baby goat.
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