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Purpose: The purpose of this research is to identify the causes of school deviation from the objectives and to reveal the loss of power that may occur within the framework of these causes according to the opinions of teachers and managers. Method: The research is a qualitative study and is created in the event model. As the study’s work group in the 2017-2018 educational year, 20 schools located in the central district of Elazığ and 100 teachers and 40 managers who work in these schools were selected. The data of the study was obtained using semi-configured interview forms. The teachers and managers who participated in the study were asked the same questions openly and the data obtained was subject to content analysis in the framework of separate forms. Results: The research found that the participants, as factors that lead to disconnection in schools; the most frequent change of laws in the framework of political reasons, the most student behavior and profile in the framework of corporate reasons are not good, the most effort on the (personal) reasons related to the persons, the opinion of the guardians on environmental reasons. There is no difference in the opinion of teachers and managers. Also, teachers and managers have noted that the most environmental causes are the causes of power loss. Results and Recommendations: Teachers and managers have proposed to enhance school-management cooperation while managers have proposed to enhance school-family cooperation.