I’m writing to protest the school board’s recent adoption
of the consensus decision-making method to decide
grade promotion policy. this is not a situation where it
is appropriate to choose a course of action by finding
something that everyone can agree on. maybe everyone
agrees on a plan that makes no sense at all. decisions about
grade promotions should be made by administrators who
have responsibility and experts who have special knowledge.
we owe our students the best decisions, not just the most
principal

congratulations to the school board for choosing to make
their policy decisions by consensus! no longer will the
policies they adopt be the subject of bitter disagreements
and lackluster support. we parents will no longer feel like
cats who have left the mice to play. when the whole school
board unites behind a plan, then teachers, parents, and
students will unite behind it as well. a plan which has taken
into consideration the opinions and interests of all the
members—and survived extensive debate—is a plan that will
stand the test of time.
in a world with far too much strife and conflict, few leaders
seem to have the skills needed to compromise and work
together effectively. hats off to the school board for leading
by example.
parent

which claims in one letter are not directly refuted in the other letter?