Not easy to submit to collective leadership

THE EDITOR, Madam:

This is with reference with Basil Jarrett’s article ‘Reforming school boards’ published in The Gleaner on February 24. The challenge not sufficiently addressed in this article is whether one or two loud voices on a broad-based representative board should be allowed to override the decision of the majority.

Years ago, I sat on a school board and time and again when individuals could not sway the board to their opinion, they resorted to external lobbying to pressure the board members to act in the way they want. It is not easy for some people to submit to collective leadership.

TUFFE

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