His contract should protect a superintendent from arbitrary and capricious actions by the board and should provide for financial compensation if the superintendent is terminated, but the contract should not provide for tenure or due process. (Author/IRT)

Warns of the conflicts of interest that are possible when a professor of educational administration is used as a consultant in the search for a new superintendent and offers suggestions for avoiding pitfalls. (IRT)

A school superintendent who is retiring or moving away may be less committed than the negotiator to obtaining a collective bargaining contract favorable to the district. In these cases the negotiator should report directly to the school board. (RW)

Board members should be alert to teacher union attempts to intimidate board members, superintendents, and principals. (IRT)