https://accelerationdenied.com/tags/satire/Recent content in Satire on Acceleration DeniedHugoen-usSat, 06 Dec 2025 11:30:00 -0600https://accelerationdenied.com/blog/in-memoriam-superintendent/Sat, 06 Dec 2025 11:30:00 -0600https://accelerationdenied.com/blog/in-memoriam-superintendent/<p><em>This post is a follow-up to <a href="https://accelerationdenied.com/blog/the-authority-vacuum">The Authority Vacuum</a>, written just six days before everything changed again.</em></p> <hr> <p>On November 30, 2025, I wrote about Oak Park District 97&rsquo;s superintendent instability. I documented four leadership structures in four years. I noted that the same interim team from 2021-2022 was back for 2025-2026.</p> <p>I concluded optimistically: &ldquo;Powell and Wernet will serve through the 2025-2026 school year. That&rsquo;s good—stability matters.&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>Three days later, Wernet announced she&rsquo;s resigning.</strong></p>