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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can guarantee that GDS could still get great candidates, even without paying nearly a million a year.  Russell is a nice guy and is good at what he does, but never struck me as a star. And definitely not a million dollar talent.  Makes no sense .[/quote]

I didn’t know HOS is “star” position.  Does that mean you want to see more personality?

I don’t have a kid at the school, but as an observer, I can recognize that his stewardship of the school and its reputation in the community imply that he’s done a fantastic job.  I think a successful HOS is doing great things behind the scenes that you will never be aware of because when things go well things just don’t make noise.

[b]But also, there’s this: You don’t want your next head of school to come in with a message from the board that says “you’re not quite as good/valuable as our last ahead of school[/b].”[/quote]
Any candidate who is coming in without having proven themselves yet and expects the same compensation as the last HOS, who has been there for 16 years, raised 100M in funding, and unified the campus, is full of themselves and does not deserve to be HOS. The posted salary range is very, very high and will go up as the board sees fit.[/quote]

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