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Principals and assistant principals report low morale; HCASA urges board action
Summary
Kareem Shortridge, speaking for the Howard County Association of Supervisors and Administrators, said administrators reported morale around 2.1–2.8 out of 5, cited fewer qualified applicants for leadership roles and urged changes to compensation and workload to stabilize the leadership pipeline.
Kareem Shortridge, representing the Howard County Association of Supervisors and Administrators (HCASA), told the school board the county faces a leadership pipeline problem that he characterized as a crisis: survey results showed administrator morale between 2.1 and 2.8 out of 5, and qualified applicants for principal and assistant principal roles have declined markedly in…
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