If that is the case why not just extend Matayoshi's term by one month?  They want to get rid of Matayoshi that bad?  Also if Hayashi is so specatuclar why not make him interim superintendent and 'try him out' for a little while BEFORE officially hiring anyone, especially an outsider like Kishimoto with almost no teaching experience and forced out by the Arizona schools system.  Agree when in power people try to 'bring you down' but to be ousted by your own school board, like how Matayoshi was kicked out by the BOE, and after giving her high ratings?  Don't care how you look at this,  like Al Pacino said in Scarface,  something 'don't fly straight'