I couldn't agree more - the problem is the same in Higher Ed.
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Angeline,
A superintendent where there are no schools? Never heard that one before!
I think American universities are a generation or two behind public K-12 in administrative overgrowth. But their administrators are trying hard to catch up.
Robert Campbell