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Whether a building or a state of mind,

June 2010

The central office is both a physical place and a state of mind. In some school systems, the central office is a separate building located away from schools. In other communities, the office is housed in one of the school buildings. The central office may be where members of the school board meet and even have offices. It is where the superintendent works, as do administrators most directly accountable to him or her. It is a bureaucracy, regardless of its size, that is responsible for operating the school system. When someone mentions “central office,” they may not be referring only to the building. They may also mean the tip of the hierarchal pyramid, the place where authority resides and decisions are made. To many people,

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