Not even close to being a winner on the Public School Superintedent shit storm list. My wife did her career at a district that was blown away by a candidate they hired.They HAD to have him, and the guy was one heck of a savvy negotiator. His performance degraded quickly after taking over, and he soon ended up with nobody in his camp, equally hated by staff, the board and the public. The board bought several years of his contract out to make him disappear. Nothing unusual about this, except that a quick Google search would reveal that this was his M.O. and, immediately prior to being hired, he had been relieved of command in a district less than a two hour drive away, with the same early buyout. That whole ugly mess was well documented over several years, by the local press at his last district, and readily available to any prospective employer, with zero effort. The board then hires the next clown, who suffered from a major Emperor complex, and devoted his time to building a massive new high school that the citizens did not want, and were unable to afford. This guy was actually a decent administrator, but eventually the citizens prevailed, and they bought him out also. It may actually of been possible that the district was paying for three superintendents at once, one who was actually doing the job, and two who were let go, while their meters were still running.