Should we elect school Principals?
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No. It’s a job requiring a specific skill set, and is best determined by the school board members.
Citizens need to be more more proactive in hiring school board members. School boards need to have more local authority — currently states have usurped much of local autonomy.
Abolish the federal department of education, treat school unions the same legally as other trade unions, and most of all: Education $ follow the child, not a building. Parents should have the ability to choose public, private, charter or homeschool—whatever. And the government MUST be legally blocked from forcing any specific curriculum snd from any interference in religious schools.
True. But President Trump's argument is that School Boards represent the entire school district, the Principal represents that school. An elected Principal would be better served to help the parents than the teachers.
Let's say we have a small city of 70,000 people with three high schools, three middle schools and 12 elementary schools. Each district would be represented by one Principal and would likely the parents at school district meetings. In theory, they would be answerable to parents before teachers.