Only teachers responded that they were involved in the development of the mission statement. Three teachers recalled giving input when revising the mission statement. The fourth teacher said that, in the last five years of her tenure at the school, the mission statement had not been discussed. • Different answers were given regarding school leadership. Four of the ten interviewees said that the principal is considered the leader of the school. Three teachers felt that the teachers themselves were the leaders: two teachers explicitly named several of their colleagues. Only parents included themselves as leaders within the school. One paraeducator described a school leader as: “Any member of staff who tries to make a difference in a child's life.” • There was no agreement among interviewees about who made academic decisions. The paraeducators were not sure who made the decisions. Parents stated that they were involved in academic decisions during committee meetings, but that only parents involved in the committees made decisions. Although teachers said they gave input during staff meetings, the general consensus is that the principal makes the final academic and professional decisions