Report on School Administrators

I applaud Davis for pointing out the excessive number of administrators in California schools.

As a teacher, I know that excess administrators do more than take in extra money--they actually have a negative effect on the quality of our schools.

Good administrators who are in needed posts enable teachers to do a better job through enabling, supporting, and instructing teachers.

Redundant administrators in unneeded positions are a bother to teachers. They conduct unnecessary meetings and ask for superfluous paper work, thus taking teacher time from teaching and planning. Because some of them are so far removed from the classroom, they make policies and regulations that are counterproductive and annoying.

Good teachers are leaving the profession because of unnecessary meetings, a mountain of paper work, large classes, and low pay. Eliminating unnecessary administrators won’t solve all these problems, but putting a few redundant educational bureaucrats out to pasture will help.

LARRY WIENER

Alhambra