Purely hypothetical ...
Editor, Daily News:
A case study for the National School Board Association’s New Member Training Program:
Scenario:
-- School District A has a split board, with the majority being openly disgruntled with its superintendent.
-- A member of the board majority contacts a superintendent in District B, who has twice been an unsuccessful candidate for the position of superintendent in District A. A local TV station in District B reports that a board member from District A offered superintendent B the superintendent post, even though the position is not vacant.
-- School Board A also decides to conduct an audit to examine the validity of Advance Placement (AP) courses. The law firm hired to run this audit also happens to represent District B.
-- An audit is conducted, and the report highlights inequities in the awarding of AP credits. Using this report as cause, superintendent A is quickly ousted by the majority, with due process being questionable.
Please select and discuss which of the following should be the next action taken by District A’s school board:
1. Form a search committee to find a new superintendent for District A.
2. Reward superintendent B for any help he has offered in this process and give him the job of superintendent.
3. Send a letter of congratulations to superintendent A for the windfall of money he’s bound to receive for the broken contact.
4. Don’t waste my time with this ridiculous case. No board could be that dysfunctional!
C.M., Ph.D./Naples
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To "C.M., Ph.D." / Naples:
I think you are a doo-doo head.
Signed,
Denni$ Thomp$on
Doctorite in Ed Psych
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