While the superintendent???s job is being rethought, their lieutenants are still part of the old order, at least in Connecticut. Even assistant superintendents are protected by the state???s teacher tenure laws and cannot be fired without the hearings and process afforded to teachers, according to a state supreme court ruling in Connecticut. ???Ruling helps fired school official,??? by Rachel Gottlieb, The Hartford Courant, August 2, 2002
