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DEL.ICIO.USWho Wants to be a Supe
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Not surprisingly, qualified candidates don’t exactly line up to apply for superintendent jobs these days. Here’s a story.
In Georgia, the district superintendent (State Supe Kathy Cox is elected) seems set up to fail, seeing as he or she must bow down before the school board, especially the board chair, and be subject to board whims. At the time, boards are looking for “results,” i.e. test scores, which better be headed north. God forbid, the demographics are changing like they are in Clayton County. Superintendents aren’t allowed to make excuses, even if they’re legit.
Would you want to be a superintendent (Hey, the job could pay as much as a quarter million a year in a large system…)? Is superintendent turnover a problem? Or is it better to go ahead and start divorce proceedings when board and supe relationships go sour?
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By Mr. Cox
September 6, 2005 02:27 PM | Link to this
I would for a great salary and a no cut 5 year contract.
By Supe for Hire
September 12, 2005 11:23 AM | Link to this
I would love to have the supe’s job. I know that as a product of the Cobb County school system that I was disappointed at how I was handled. I would love to be the one who makes the improvements to the system rather than complain about how I was treated.