The Shifting Continues

Holly Hacker has been doing a fantastic job in the last few weeks tracking the shifting around of principals in DISD. We’ve commented on the DISD Principal movement before, but the big question is why are we doing this? I understand trying to find the perfect leader for a school in order to solve all of the school’s problems, but now this looks a little more like magic than science. Mike Miles had previously been so data oriented and numbers focused in making his decisions. Now the shifting around of leaders looks much more reactive than proactive. It looks personal instead of professional. This is concerning because I feel like we are without direction as decisions are being made without rhyme or reason. There’s no LO if you know what I mean. If a principal is bad for a school or a community, I understand the decision to terminate, but if the will of the people is behind the principal and there is a positive impact, there are plenty of decisions that can be made prior than the decision to fire. That only spells trouble. More on that later.

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