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Resident criticizes frequent leadership changes, urges board to prioritize consistency
Summary
Amanda Kiebel told the board she compiled data showing frequent superintendent and principal turnover since 2008 and argued that inconsistent leadership harms school climate and teacher retention; she offered to share her spreadsheet with the board.
During public comment on Sept. 2, Amanda Kiebel presented an analysis she said tracked elementary-school administrative turnover and related teacher retention and survey data dating back to 2008.
Kiebel said her review showed eight superintendents since 2008 and multiple schools with frequent principal changes — examples included one school with six different principals and others with up to five — and she argued the pattern undermines consistency for students and staff. "In a place where we crave consistency and structure, not only for ourselves, but for our students, this is not what effective leadership looks like," Kiebel said. She offered to share her spreadsheet with the board.
Kiebel cautioned that year-to-year metrics can be affected by many factors, including school reconfigurations, retirements and variations in survey response rates; she called the district’s data "inconsistent" in places but said the volume of leadership changes was striking.
There was no formal board action in response to the public comment recorded in the transcript; board members later discussed consistency as part of the Q&A on assessment data and noted exemplars and systemic alignment as steps to address instructional continuity.
