CB> (mismanagement?).  Parents are not going to be 
 CB> involved in schools
 CB> until the relationship between them and the admin becomes one of
 CB> working partners.
 BM>  I don't know if you read, or recall, my comments here some time ago
 BM>  about the attitude of _many_ admins in our local system.  The
 BM>  image/attitude they project toward parents is unconscionable.  What
 BM>  is really frustrating and angers a large number of parents is that
 BM>  they (admins) don't display any understanding of what the problem
 BM>  _really_ is so, therefore, it has to be with the parents who
 BM>  stubbornly refuse to do as they are told.  The previous and current
 BM>  superintendents are of the mindset that anyone who has "risen" to be
 BM>  principal or AP of a school can do no wrong.  I guess not as long as
 BM>  they are in there sucking up all the time.
Exactly the point Deming would make to any school (district) that wanted to 
improve the quality of education.  He would say that all players in the 
system have to be involved before  there will be change.  Most admins above 
the principals are out of touch with the situation, (as are some principals), 
so your comments don't surprize me.
--- Maximus 2.02
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