The Times Union asks why there is no succession plan in Duval County
The reason we have no strong leaders in a position to take over for the superintendent is because who you know not ability has determined why many of our administrators have their jobs.
We have many great administrators but the pool has been so tainted by Pratt-Dannals and the board’s poor leadership over the last five years that they whole group is guilty by association.
It is not just the veteran board members and superintendent that has to go but many of their top administration picks and the ones they brought along with them as well.
How many administrators with satisfactory evaluations were let go this year? Just the like the teachers that were let go with Satisfactory Evaluations for no cause or no explaination? In a high school typically there is a admin to teacher of 25 to 1. I'll bet there were maybe less than 3 that were not reappointed system wide to include district level positions. If you look at how many teachers were fired throughout the year, added to the statistics are really alarming. This behavior in military would be unacceptable. A leader eats last, is paid last, sleeps in the mud with his subordinates. Is not an aristrocrat. The inept are relieved or are never elevated to leadership positions. Regulations are applied to leadership in a much stringent manner. The bar is higher. The sacrifice greater. The indescretions of leaders are dealt with swiftly, harsly, and in a manner which instill confidence in the system. Our district leadership is the antithesis of this ethos. As a result we have no confidence in the system.
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