During the past decade schools have become much larger. Discuss your views on this phenomenon and suggest an ideal size for a school in terms of optimal administrative and instructional activities. Please discuss your experience with special student services and your views on today's trends in this regard. Salaries and other compensation have changed a good deal since you entered the profession. Would you discuss your recollections of the compensation system of your school during your early years as principal and give your views on developments in this area since then.
Most systems presently have a tenure, or continuing contract system for teachers.
There has traditionally been a commitment in this country to the principle of universal free public education. Administrators presently spend a good deal of time complaining about the amount of paper work and the bureaucratic complexity with which they are forced to deal. Principals operate in a constantly tense environment. Despite my best efforts to be comprehensive in my questioning, there is probably something I have left out.