Who's to Blame: The School Committee or the Superintendent?

It's the talk of the town.

On Thursday, Superintendent of Schools Greg Maass surprised much of Marblehead by announcing his resignation.

Maass cited an inability to work with members of the School Committee in a goodbye letter to staff.

Whatever the reasons, it means the town will be looking for a schools leader. Again. It will be the sixth time since 2005 the School Committee has the job of hiring a new super, according to the Globe.

Here is some of what Marblehead residents are saying about the issue:

Kelly Hanlon Rigby wrote on the Marblehead Patch Facebook page that, "This is really a disgrace on our town. If we want the best schools, we need to have people willing to make the difficult changes needed. And we need a school committee working with the sole objective of improving things in a cooperative fashion."

IrishGuy chimed in on a previous Patch story, saying, "Dr. Maass is leaving either because the School Committee is becoming increasingly difficult to work with or the School Committee made a bad judgement in hiring him. Either way, it doesn't reflect positively on the Committee."

What's your take? Was this a bad fit that just didn't work out? Is the School Committee driving away superintendents?