Big mistake.. Mrs. Sahouri deserves better.. I can't believe the Hartland Board would do something like this... I think you all should be voted off..

I have paid attention to the ongoings of the media from the very beginning concerning the events that have led up to this point and have always felt that it was a smear campaign against an outstanding Administrator. The charges against the Sahouris were dropped and it is a shame that people still talk about the issue in the media, over and over again. To remove an Administrator for unwrapping tests and sorting them and keeping them locked in her office? Really? Any average Joe should be able to see that this is a witch hunt, has been, and it needs to stop for the sake of our children. I know what Mrs. Sahouri has done for my children and I since moving to the Hartland area in 2009. I hope that the board sees that to remove Mrs. Sahouri from her role as a leader in our school district, would not only being doing our community a disservice, but would be an example of NOT doing what is in the best interest of the children in our school systems.

Any administrator that did what she did needs to be removed. She did not just open the packages, she shared content from the writting portion with a teacher. That is a blatant and serious violation fo test security. Than once an Michigan Dept. of Ed inquiry starts she interupts the interviews with teachers and pulls them out of the inetrview telling the MDE a story. Once the staff is in private she is coaching them on what to say. Fortunately the staff did not reduce themselves to that level. When the adminstration than followed up with their own inquiry she was not truthful with her own leadership. Please, in any business this behavior will get you terminated.

Mrs. Sahouri may be guilty of the things people say about her, or she may not. What's been most revealing though is how the public has handled these stories about her. Some seem to have no problem spreading rumors with no supporting evidence, and those rumors have muddied the waters so that it's incredibly difficult to tell what is fact and what is not.

Hartland Resident's comment displays that very well. It may be that everything in that comment is true, but I refuse to rely on it because I've already seen others willing to lie about Mrs. Sahouri before in an effort to damage her reputation. Now it's a "boy who cried wolf" scenario.

Let's take the "[o]nce the staff is in private she is coaching them on what to say" claim. There is little reason to believe it is an objective claim, as the word 'coaching' is clearly used to indicate wrongdoing in a way the word 'discussed' would not have. So if the writer wants readers to believe there was wrongdoing, and others have previously had no qualms about trying to misleadingly spin the facts, what's to say that's not exactly what is going on here?

If the reality was that Mrs. Sahouri did meet with the staff, and said anything to them, I believe her critics would be willing to call that "coaching" regardless of the actual content of the conversation.

None of the public's comments should be taken seriously in my opinion. Some are earnestly trying to inform, but the misinformers have ruined it for all.

Well, people can obviously believe what they want to believe. That of course is our choice. When you pull people out of interviews and tell them what they should say and not say when they go back in than I would call it "coaching" whether you like the word or not. Tracey is actually a very nice person ( and yes I know her personally - believe or not I don't care) but, she made a seriouse error in judgement that is fatal to a person who was in her position. If you want to read the facts than go to the MDE site and read their report and follow up by asking administration to make their report (names redacted) available. You can then come to your own conclusions. I agree some that this started as a witch hunt after an "anonomous" tip to the MDE. I believe this was some personal axe being ground at the time. What happened during the investigation and the actual violations (documented, not opinion) is the reason for her removal. The staff at that building are truly who touch our kids, not an administrator.

"The staff at that building are truly who touch our kids, not an administrator.".....whoa, as far I know the Administrators ARE staff members. To say that they do not touch our kids is a gross assumption that they sit in their offices and do not deal with the hands on issues. Perhaps you would like to meet my son. Until he started in 4th grade at Creekside, he was not a part of the general school population. She could have allowed what the other Administrators in his previous schools did....sit him in the back of the room with a book to keep him in school but out of their hair. I am defending her character as a the Principal of hundreds of children, not a politician, BIG difference. Tracey makes a difference where rubber meets the road, and as a parent, THAT means more to me than a bunch of tests being unpackaged. It is amazing how the public roast outcome of her brought so many supporters to say "Wait a minute, do you even KNOW this person on the level we do, as a leader in our schools?" Not one person showed up last night to publicly say they think the school board would take these allegations into consideration and to not renew her contract. NOT ONE. If it meant so much to the people who are criticizing her, well then those people should have the integrity to come and speak. Convince the supporters they are wrong. Or maybe they don't want to feel the backlash of public opinion where the many outweigh the few in this particular case. Hmmmmmmmm.....interesting

I wanted to fix an error and instead deleted my whole comment. So to re-state...
Yes, people will believe what they want to believe and I will not debate you on what is fact and what is not fact. However, I will debate you on this... The staff in ANY building is a direct reflection of the leadership/administrator in that building, Creekside is no exception. So if your children have benefited from or been touched by a teacher at Creekside, Mrs. Sahouri is a huge part of that. Also, to say that Mrs. Sahouri herself does not "truly touch our kids" is hypocrisy. I guarantee you that Mrs. Sahouri knows, and cares about, every single child currently in that building and probably remembers most of them that have gone through there since Creekside opened in 2002. I am so tired of the personal attacks and the people who hide behind screen names when doing so.

And Hartland Resident, information breach and "talking to co-staff members during an investigation" alone will not get one terminated in any business. Last I checked we still have a running Government full of em.

My kids graduated from Hartland long ago, but what goes on in the district is still of interest to me as a citizen and taxpayer concerned with the quality of our schools.

It has been established as fact, not opinion, that Mrs. Sahouri's handling of the MEAP tests was inappropriate. It was also a serious enough breach of protocol as to require involvement by the Michigan Department of Education.

Despite all of the witnesses speaking on her behalf in support of her good character and ability to work well with kids, neither of which I have any reason to doubt, Mrs. Sahouri's judgment as a school administrator has been shown to be flawed. The simple fact is that not everyone excels in every job.

Were Mrs. Sahouri to return to the classroom rather than the office, she would still be in a position to influence students' lives directly, every day. Her skills with children that have been extolled by her supporters would not be wasted. It's not uncommon for teachers, including in the Hartland school district, to move to administration and eventually return to teaching. Considering all the factors, Mrs. Sahouri's return to the classroom might be the most reasonable course of action.

MEAP results are out today and low and behold Creekside did better than all the other elementary schools in Hartland on the fourth grade writing portion. The state shipped in new tests had moderators in all the classrooms and the kids still did better at Creekside. Wasn’t one of the major accusations that the writing prompt was shared with certain staff? Give me a break; if this isn’t proof enough that nothing happened other than the MDE investigators had their feathers ruffled than what is. The community should be praising Tracey Sahouri for the job she did under the circumstances.
The MDE should have been trying to figure out ways to more responsibly use our tax dollars considering the financial crisis the state of Michigan is in and specifically the public schools instead of wasting time and money on a wild goose chase. The MDE should have looked at actual facts and data not just an anonymous tip prior to actually investigating. If people still think this had nothing to do with the other incident than they need to get their heads out of the sand.

Has anyone bothered to read the School Boards Resolution? I did....Mrs Sahouri would not be my child's Teacher or Administrator. Enough said!

The Hartland school board states: " Charges on MEAP misconduct include Sahouri's alleged sharing of secure test items from the testing book with certain staff.... In addition, she is accused of impeding the Michigan Department of Education's investigation into the matter and placing improper pressure on school staff in regards to the investigation. Sahouri was untruthful during HCS' investigation, the charges continued." and the same outspoken supporters continue with their support??? Unbelievable.
Ms.Sahouri's actions has brought a financial burden unto the school district; does anyone care about that?
Further, has Creekside totally fallen apart since Sahouri left? Are the children doing poorly in school?

Wow!
The supporters of Sahouri honestly don't appear to know right from wrong as they can't distinguish that cheating on the MEAPs is wrong. And to minimize the issue by claiming "no one cares" about the financial burden is ridiculous. Further to blame an unknown person with "an axe to grind" isn't factual; it's an attempt to shift any responsibility from Sahouri to this unknown person. Maybe you will care after she sues the school district and takes even more money from the students.