All first-year Ohio superintendents were surveyed regarding their board of education relationships. The administrators were sent a questionnaire asking about the boards' trust and confidence in them, the nature and extent of board/superintendent communications, and the superintendents' job satisfaction. Of 63 questionnaires mailed out, 58 (92.1 percent) were returned and used in the database. When the superintendents rated various board-superintendent relationships, the highest rating generally was trust. However, these same superintendents rated their own boards' trust in them much lower. Whereas they rated the boards' confidence in the superintendents' fiscal competence as more important than curriculum competence, they felt their own boards had more confidence in their curriculum abilities than in finance. Also, the boards' confidence was significantly related to the boards' and superintendents' attending state meetings and going to restaurants together. Superintendents communicated to the board through the board president, and boards relied on the president for this communication. The first-year superintendents surveyed seemed satisfied with their career choice and job security. Included are 12 tables. (Nine references) (Author/MLH)