He said Monday that the new superintendent needs to have direct knowledge of how teachers and parents feel about their principal. Today, there’s no communication now between the current superintendent and teachers and parents, said Burnell, who told EGP he has been a teacher for 18 years and has watched nine principals pass through the school. In all those years, he said, “Nobody has ever asked parents or teachers if they like [the principal] … decisions are taken from a higher level.”