At one of the last schools that I worked for, principals were very largely in charge of their own buildings. Any requests or complaints from teachers or parents went directly to the responsible principal. The superintendant wasn't involved unless the principal couldn't deal with the situation. Although the superintendant wasn't involved with every decision, he always made sure he knew what was going on at all of the schools in the district by visiting and talking with staff and students.
I appreciated this approach and feel that it worked efficiently. Most of the staff enjoyed knowing who they were suppossed to talk to. The chain of command was known to all of the staff, and because the district had very skilled principals to be leaders of their schools, the system worked. I like this power dynamics approach, but it seems to depend on having excellent leaders as principals, which should be the case anyway.
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