That is why the interview process of these two candidates is so important.  Pay their airfare and hotel stay in Hawaii and separately spend a few days with these two, not just questions asked by BOE board members but also DOE administrators and some leading DOE principals and some top teachers who I read about winning awards in the newspaper.   Then BOE should sit down and independently get the opinions of these DOE administrators and teachers who BOE knows are "straight shooters" and not just hard core union loyalists.  If they are union loyalists they would NOT want a superintendent that has independent thoughts and might actually try to hold teachers and administrators accountable.