This article is featured in the September 2025: School Administrator edition of AASA: School Administrator Magazine. It is drawn from my two experiences addressing falling enrollment and school underutilization.

This article is featured as the Board-Savvy Superintendent column for April, 2025 AASA School Superintendents professional trade publication.

Leader as coach is emerging as a major force in leadership and performance management. Start by acknowledging mentoring is not coaching.

School Boards can avoid common pitfalls by adopting a operating system for effective school district governance

In anticipation of retiring from my superintendency and working with school boards, I informally polled my superintendent and board friends.