Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

Oh my, is Susan Moore Johnson off-base in her Commentary ("Turnover in the Superintendency: A Hazard to Leadership and Reform," March 13, 1996). She has flat out missed the target.

Ms. Johnson should know the Vermont saying, "Take your fist out of a bucket of water and the hole fills in real fast." Rather than lament over the increased frequency of superintendents' leaving and suggesting that boards seek collaborative administrators as opposed to heroic leaders, she might consider the reasons why superintendents...