RG: "  the Springfield School Board has canceled its two remaining “listening sessions” scheduled to take place in the coming weeks as a way for district staff and community members to express concerns and offer suggestions about the district................“The intent of these listening sessions was to discover districtwide issues, and it became much more focused than we thought it would,” 
 bingo.  that is what exactly happened.  the people attending became very focused on one issue.  a lot of push against lange by her "charges" which is tough to overcome the feelings of both parties as they try to work to rebuild...or actually build for the first time, in this case,  healthy  relationships with each other.  mixed feelings about lange.  she did demonstrate poor administrative skills.  I hope the first priority of the district is to see she gets proper training and preparation,  and there is more oversight in her job performance for at least a couple of years.