Sour Grapes DeBell
Former Superintendent Dr. Goodloe-Johnson and Board Director Michael DeBell.
Michael DeBell is lashing outafter first losing his leader in all things ed reform, our previous Broad superintendent Dr. Goodloe-Johnson, and in response to other unexpected twists and turns. After expending time, energy and money to create a board that voted in lock step to all the superintendent brought to the school board for approval, the board that DeBell, et al had dreamed of and briefly enjoyed, it all fell apart and DeBell is beyond himself to the point of losing his usual composure.
Let’s look at a bit of history about School Board Director Michael DeBell.
Michael DeBell came into prominence with the aid of former School Board President Don Nielson. As I wrote in The Battle for Seattle, Part 1:
Don Nielson became President of the Seattle school board in 2001. He handled running the school board like running a business. As a previous board
