Not all the blame, but a fair share more than what you suggest. I hope that the board members were as well informed of problems, issues, and performance of the KSD as you are and have presented. Excellent! That being said, the board has both the mandate and the forum to speak out on behalf of the community and the students and they have been woefully silent. I have an understanding for resolving differences quietly, at the lowest level, and privately, but not as the sole method. Members of the board should have been long ago vocal when things started going wrong, pick any of the problems you've pointed out. They have a fiduciary responsibility towards to students and sound public education. They have fallen well short. They haven't performed well enough, regardless of who might be primarily responsible for any of these problems. Hardly worth having a publicly anointed board to monitor  school policy and programs if they collectively or individually choose to sit on their hands.