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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Different poster- from my lamb experience with ED turnover- I just don’t think it’s a good idea for staff to dictate that an ED must go.

Eventually the staff at lamb ran the show. Some teachers were excellent.  Some teachers were terrible. You could do very little if you had a terrible situation. The current ED stays afloat hiding from issues and avoiding taking a position. You don’t want that, especially in a high school. It’s vital to have an ED that makes hard and often unpopular decisions. [/quote]

You’re right that staff shouldn’t run a school. And you’re right that an ED who hides from hard decisions is a problem. Nobody here is arguing for either of those things.

There’s a difference between staff running a school and staff having a formal accountability mechanism when leadership fails. The no confidence vote didn’t put teachers in charge of curriculum decisions or hiring. It triggered a board process. That’s exactly how governance is supposed to work. Staff raised concerns through proper channels for three years. When that failed they used the one formal tool available to them. The board is still the decision-making body.

On your second point - you’ve just described Michael Rosskamm. The staff letter documents an ED who told staff to stop amplifying complainers, called concerns gossip, and responded to three years of feedback with more listening sessions that led nowhere. That’s not a leader making hard unpopular decisions. That’s a leader avoiding accountability while creating the appearance of engagement.

The hard decision here is removing an ED who has lost the confidence of 94% of his staff. That’s the decision the board is avoiding.
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