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Saving Miss Olivers
by Stephen Davenport
The prestigious New England boarding school, Miss Oliver’s School for Girls, is on the cusp of going under. The trustees have just fired Marjorie Boyd, headmistress for the last thirtyfive years, because she’s derelict as a financial manager.
But she is a brilliant educator, beloved of the alumnae and students, who are angry and rebellious and will hate her successor. Nevertheless, if her successor, Fred Kindler, can get the support of the legendary senior teacher, Francis Plummer, he has a fighting chance to save the school. But to Plummer, anyone who replaces Marjorie represents disaster.
His wife, Peggy Plummer, the librarian, thinks differently. She understands why the board of trustees had to save the school from the flaws of the very woman who had made it so worth saving. As passionately loyal to Kindler as Francis is to Marjorie, Peggy steps forward to help the new head, usurping her husband’s position at the head’s right hand. The school’s survival, Fred Kindler’s career, and the Plummers’ marriage are now all at risk.
About Stephen Davenport
Stephen Davenport started his career as an education in 1957, teaching, coaching, and parenting a dormitory in boy’s boarding school. Since then he has worked as an English teacher, Department Head, journalist, and headmaster. From 1987 to 2000, Davenport served as an executive search consultant and workshop facilitator to a variety of independent schools, including schools for girls.
Today, the author divides his time between writing and serving on boards of Aim High and East Bay Conservation Corps, both dedicated to the education of underserved populations, and of The Athenian School
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