Letters to the Editor: july 20, 2011

Fairfax County schools need new leadership Thirty years ago, alarms were raised when the Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent took a week to respond to a series of questions by the county executive.That may have been the beginning of our school administration misery.

The current superintendent runs the schools with an iron hand, doling out favors — and retribution to subdue those who question or confront him. His administration lied to taxpayers and the Board of Supervisors about the reasons to close Clifton’s award-winning elementary school, but citizens apparently have no serious path of appeal.