New Principals
A number, actually a Large number, of schools will have new principals next year, although not all of those principal appointments have been announced.
As we get answers, it will be Stacey Loftin at Coe, we get questions, who will it be at Southshore?
Let's put together a list. We talk about churn in the principal's offices, let's get a measure of it.
As we get answers, it will be Stacey Loftin at Coe, we get questions, who will it be at Southshore?
Let's put together a list. We talk about churn in the principal's offices, let's get a measure of it.
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Hale got a new principal, Jill Hudson, last year. The principal before her was Marni Campbell who was there for two (or was it 3?) years.
Talk about churn and burn...
At Hale, were the AP's district appointed?
Question about the new Ed Directors-
Recently I saw a chart with the 5 (?) new regions which listed which schools were in that region (elementary, MS & HS, including option schools etc) that each Ed Director would be in charge of.
Unfortunately I didn't save it- does anyone have a link for it?
Thanks!
Is one of them, George Breland, current Dean of Students at RBHS? He was AP at the African American Academy until they closed and then went to RBHS as Dean.
Did Hale staff have a say in who was hired?
My kid goes to Hale and I've not heard a word about it.
1. Madrona (Farah Thaxton replacing Kaaren Andrews)
2. Interagency (Kaaren Andrews replacing Susan Derse)
3. McGilvra (Mary Lane replacing interim principal Birgit McShane who was a mid-year replacement of DeWanda Cook-Weaver)
4. Green Lake (Joanne Bowers replacing Chery Grinager)
5. Bagley (has it been announced? The current, highly praised principal has apparently decided to return to teaching)
5. Ballard
6. North Beach (Joanne Bowers is moving to Green Lake, so presumably there will be a new principal for North Beach)
7. Lawton (again, has it been announced? They had Beverley Raines, and then I thought a mid-year interim principal of Kathy Bledsoe; I don't know if the plan was just for her to finish the year, the way it was for McShane at McGilvra)
8. Hay (Karen Hanson replacing Dan Warren, who is heading to Queen Anne Elementary)
9. Center School (Oksana Britsova - Lisa Escobar left mid-year for RBHS)
10. West Seattle Elementary? I don't know.
11. West Seattle HS, as everyone's alredy mentioned.
That's just what I can think of off the top of my head. Well... okay. I have a spreadsheet. Because I am a nerrrrrrd.
She was a pretty good principal and I thought they might tap her to come back. But given the need to get Special Ed right, I think they'll leave her there.
8. Dan Warren is going to Sand Point Elementary.
12. Sherrie Encarnacion is stepping down at South Shore. No replacement named yet.
13. Coe -- David Elliott to Queen Anne Elementary. Stacey Loftin from Edmonds School District is replacing Elliott.
I didn't have the leadership change at South Shore down. Does anyone know if there is a particular reason for it?
I forgot to note that David Elliot is leaving Coe... and Dan Warren is going to Sand Point, not QA.
And how many were there last year? About 20 then also?
Does that much really qualify as "churn"?
Lowell is getting an AP, but goodness knows when it will be announced. And of course it won't be funded until October 1 when the district realizes that Lowell will really have ~70 more students than they budgeted for.
That seems like a lot.
Another data point would be which schools saw how many principal changes in how many years.
Also, the under-discussed turnover of APs bears more attention - these are often as much, or more, connected to the students on a day-to-day basis.
I think there's quite a bit of churn.
Now add in this years another 7 added to the list and nearly 40 schools have been impacted in one year June-June.
Plus all the APs.
Not sure what the magic number is to qualify as churn, but I think they are close.
There is a reason - churn, churn, churn
a time for every purpose under Broad Superintendents
A time to be tested, a time to be drilled,
A time to switch principals, a time to switch seats,
A time to recite (8:47), a time to sit still,
A time to line up, a time to weep
To everything - churn, churn, churn
There is a reason - churn, churn, churn
And a time for every WASL, MAP and line graph.
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to transfer, a time to redact,
A time to cast away criticisms,
A time to gather foundations and "nonprofits" together
...A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late!"
Check out the West Seattle blog for June 16th 4:57pm West Seattle HS Graduation (comments section):
http://westseattleblog.com/2010/06/happening-now-west-seattle-high-school-class-of-2010-graduation
Apparently there's a big stom brewing at the school because the outgoing principal paid $4,000+ for the graduation speaker. Does anyone know if other high schools paid even a fraction of this amount for a speaker?
And the worst of it is that he took the funds from the student's ASB account to pay for the speaker, specifically against all their verbal & written protests!
The WS Blog says they are following up with the district about the use of these ASB funds. Even if a principal has the right to take money out of the student's ASB accounts, how could he do it against their express protests?
It's a shame that a principal will leave his school's students with that as their last impression and memories. In his graduation speach, the principal called the paid speaker his "gift" to the senior class!
New principal & AP principal news for WSHS: no postings yet on the SPS website for any of these open positions. Does that mean that the district will appoint all 3 positions?
That's a lot of disruption that's hard to justify.
Principal shuffles on Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson’s watch 2009-10:
May 2009: Roy Merca from Summit (closed) to AS1, Ernie Severs from AS1 to Sanislo, Debbie Nelson from Sanislo to Jane Addams, Chris Carter from African American Academy (closed) to Jane Addams to Hamilton Middle School, Dewanda Cook-Weaver from Lowell to McGilvra Elem. to ??, Jo Shapiro from McGilvra Elem. to assistant principal at Hamilton Middle School, Wayne Floyd from John Stanford Center central office to Loyal Heights, Cashel Toner from Loyal Heights to Leschi Elem., Jo Lute-Ervin from Leschi to TOPS, Linda Robinson from Bryant to Whittier, Cothron McMillian from Whittier to Brighton, Ed Noh from Lawton to Hawaii?; Beverly Raines from Brighton Elem. to Lawton Elem. to retirement?, Gregory King from TT Minor (closed) to Lowell, Julie Briedenbach from Lowell Elem. to Thurgood Marshall Elem., Winifred Todd from Thurgood Marshall to Dunlap, Greg Imel from Dunlap to Bailey Gatzert, Norma Zavala from Bailey Gatzert to Concord, Sandra Scott from Concord to Hawthorne, Stacey McCrath-Smith was moved from Meany.
July 2009: Jill Hudson to Nathan Hale High School , Henterson Carlisle assigned interim principal of Madison Middle School .
Jan 2010: Kaaren Andrews from Madrona K-8 to the Interagency School, Cheryl Grinager from Green Lake Elementary to McDonald Elem. (to be reopened), David Elliott from Coe Elem to Old Hay (to be reopened)Dan Warren from John Hay to Sand Point (to be reopened).
Feb/March 2010: DeWanda Cook-Weaver from McGilvra, Beverly Raines from Lawton . May 2010: Oksana Britsova to the Center School, Karen Hanson to John Hay Elem., Farah Thaxton to Madrona K-8, Mary Lane to McGilvra Elem. Joanne Bowers from North Beach Elementary to Green Lake Elementary. (Of these, I believe only one replaced a retiring principal, Clara Scott from TOPS, and one who went on leave on her own accord, Katie Cryan Learie from Hamilton, and then two who may have been forced out: D. Cook-Weaver and B. Raines. As of May 14, 2010, Coe Elementary and Lawton Elementary remain without principal assignments for the new school year.)
Sources: Seattle Times, Seattle Public Schools , and Seattle Public Schools Community Blog,
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2008726291&zsection_id=2003749464&slug=webprincipals09m&date=20090209
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/news/0910/20100111_principal_appointments.pdf
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/news/0910/20100512_principal_appointments.pdf
(from Seattle Ed 2010: http://seattle-ed.blogspot.com/2010/05/can-seattles-schools-afford-many-more_18.html)