What the hell? Greenwich hires yet another school superintendent, and it isn't Ralph Mayo

now, you won’t leave us like the others did, will you?

We’ve gone with a woman from Fairfield, and I’m sure she’ll make a fine superintendent, our 15th in 12 years (or something like that), but I had assumed the school was searching for a new candidate because acting superintendent Mayo wasn’t interested in the job. Turns out, he was.

Mayo has run our best middle school, Eastern, been part of the school system for decades and, so far as I’ve always heard, is hugely admired, by students, parents and staff. Plus, he’s shown his commitment and love for the town — he grew up here, for Crimminey’s sake — and is likely to be here three years from now, which would be a first for anyone else the town’s plugged into the superintendent’s position before.

I don’t do school board politics, but this decision is bizarre.