From BASIC BLACK, The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life):
“Be persistent.”
“persistence pays–whether you’re hoping to land a job interview, a new account, or anything else. So pick up the phone and call your potential employer to ask where they are in the hiring process, and whether there’s anything you can do to help move it along. You don’t want to hound them, but it’s definitely helpful to show initiative…”
Be that as it may, public education is a different world. It may even be a different planet.