This article describes the details about a local school board meeting in a suburban high school auditorium outside Philadelphia. The district superintendent had committed suicide a few days earlier in the midst of hearings about his alleged misdeeds on the job. In this article, the author assesses what measures could have been taken to avoid such a tragic result. Sections in this article include: (1) Haunting Images; (2) Sad Realities; (3) A Cult of Self; (4) A Transformational Path; and (5) Future Transformations.