Due to an emergency, an elementary school building will not be able to open in the fall for two months. The principal and teacher leaders discuss potential options with various stakeholders. Most teachers support a transition to virtual learning until the building is available. However, due to childcare concerns, parents/guardians want their children to have access to a physical building. In the gray areas of decision-making, which action is an example of taking an appeasement pathway?

Group of answer choices

Asking the school board to make the decision

Waiting until the fall to see if anything changes with the situation on its own

Making decisions based on backing the largest number of stakeholders supporting a specific option

Weighing the benefits and concerns of all options with the best available knowledge to arrive at a solution