On the RW blog there is a simple, elegant anonymous comment by a reader that just hits the mark:
"If Mr. Robinson is completely opposed to working with the board, that is impractical and he may need to go. Yes, the board should not micromanage, but they are expected to manage. I have a good boss, who lets me work, but when he disagrees with me, he wins."
That is so well-stated that I wanted to feature it here.
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So....
Josh crafting the amendments to the new PIE contract without consulting the DO staff or legal counsel (and the board voting on them without giving themselves to consider the implications):
Management or micromanagement?
Hum....
On the continuum of micro-to-management, I'd put it about midway. Certainly it is taking things into one's own hands that would have been best done administratively. Yet it seems progress was not being made quickly enough through that route, so there was a swoop-in to create something that seemed it would work and meet needs and deadlines.
Certainly the board did not have to approve it. YOU may think the board voted without giving itself time to consider implications of the vote, but THEY as members might have felt they did not need more time or information.
If there were good working relationships, the manager would have informed the employee (e.g. district office staff) that this was to be done...or that it needed to be done if agreements were not more forthcomping. However, there are not good relationships here. The manager would like to fire the employee, but is stuck with him for now. When this happens, it is not uncommon for the boss to just decide to take important matters into his or her own hands, rather than try to work through a very difficult employee.
It's not GOOD, but it's what happens when managers are stuck, for whatever reason, with disrespectful and arrogant employees.
I think an underlying disagreement in this district is who really is "the boss" -- the school board as a unit (who hires the superintendent), or the superintendent (with the formal education in "education" and administration).
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