I served as a public school educator for 40 years, 17 of
those as a school superintendent. As
such I took multiple graduate courses in employee supervision and
evaluation. I was a trained appraiser on
3 different administrator evaluation instruments. I earned extensive experience in evaluating
college-degreed certified professionals and non-degreed support personnel. There was not a year that went by when I did
not terminate someone or non-renew someone’s employment. All of that is to say I believe I am qualified
to make the following observations.
If Donald Trump was a high school principal in a district
where I was superintendent I would have fired him long ago. I would have fired him when he would not
produce a transcript to verify his worthiness to lead as Trump has refused to
release his tax returns. I would have
fired him the first time women brought forth sexual assault charges against him. I would have fired him the first time it was
revealed he made payments to sex workers for sex while he was married and then
made payments to the same women to not tell anyone. I would have fired him the first time he
called a faculty meeting and told lies to his staff as he lied to our troops
this week. I would have fired him the
first time he violated appropriate protocol expected of a high school principal
when interacting with other educators as Trump has done with other world
leaders on the world stage multiple times.
I would have fired him the first time he implemented policies without
getting consent and support from within the system, especially policies that we
know to be failed efforts that harm the system like Trump has done with the
trade war. I would have fired him the
first time he worked with our athletic competitors to improve their advantage
in competition with our system as Trump has done with Russia and North Korea. I would have fired him the first time he
threatened to close his school because he did not get his way as Trump is doing
regarding the funding of a border wall.
I would have fired him the first time I heard racial slurs, bigotry, and
misogyny uttered from his mouth. I would
have fired him the first time he organized a pep rally solely for his supporters
and lied to them and personally attacked others as Trump does at his
rallies. I would have fired him the
first time he attacked a member of the press demonstrating his lack of
understanding of school policy not to mention the US Constitution. Yes, he would be long gone. I would fire him because that would be best
for the staff, parents and kids of our district. No man with his personal characteristics
should be allowed to lead even a local high school.
I would be in shock if as I terminated Trump there was any
outcry in the community regarding his tenure as principal. Parents and patrons in the district would
applaud his departure as it became more and more obvious he was not fit to
lead.
I am in shock that we continue to tolerate this man as
President of the United States. It is
well past time to dump Trump. It must
happen soon or our “high school” will lose all respect and all clout in the
arena of schools as our nation is losing respect and clout on the world
stage. I love this country too much to
tolerate such a man as our leader.
If he was a man of character he would resign. He is not, so he will not. He must be fired.
I couldn't agree more.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Bill
ReplyDeletetotally spot-on!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Konnie
DeleteI thought it was a joke that he ran for President and was in shock when he won. He is an embarrassment to our country. I equate him with a 14 year old teenage girl.
ReplyDeleteClearly I agree.
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