Doing what's right

I really found myself intrigued during the story of Dr. Closen's wife having to fire a teacher that was one year away from tenure when she, herself, was just in her first year as an administrator. There would be so many things to take in to consideration during a situation like that. I know the first thing that entered my mind would be the fear that firing the teacher would really create an atmosphere of low faculty morale. One wants to build trust as the instructional leader of a school, and some teachers who were sympathetic towards the fired teacher may never fully trust the administrator again. It seems like the obvious answer would be to simply fire the teacher because it is the right thing to do, but it sure wouldnt make it any easy. However, I suppose as long as administrators make every decision based on what is best for students in the end they will come out on top.