The front page article in the last issue of Update (week of April 2, 2012) was titled District Reorganization: Hope for the Future???, and focused in part on the role of leadership in creating sustained change during a time of diminished resources. In light of recent print media and radio attention given to the Superintendent’s completion of his first year in office and the fact that there are a substantial number of beginning administrators in LAUSD, this piece explores another critical aspect of leadership, decision making.