That's not what anybody ever meant by small schools. That is a fundamental distortion. Small schools are heterogeneous, and commit to figuring out how to bring the genius out in everyone. The illusion that accountability means rules and surveillance of teachers and students. That is not accountability, that is oppression.
Accountability comes from relationships and responsibility.
That's what small schools produce. You can't hide. It's a group of committed folks. Accountability requires autonomy. A big mistake is not giving small schools the autonomy that they need to do the work that they need to do.