The failure to "grandfather" existing administrators from the new residency requirements has taken the biggest toll on the secondary schools.
Of the head principals, 4 out of 8, or 50%, will be new to their buildings. If you only consider who remains as head principal, only Becker and Weishaar remain from last year. The other two head principals (Layden and Playter) are internal promotions. Think about that: only 1 high school principal and 1 middle school principal remain in place at the end of 2012-2013.
Of the assistant principals, 13 out of 22, or 59% will be new to their buildings. Only 1 middle school assistant principal remains in the same place for 2013-2014 as 2012-2013.
ALL but one of these changes was a retirement (Bungart at Nowlin). The rest are resignations.
ALL but one of these changes was a retirement (Bungart at Nowlin). The rest are resignations.
(Note: For the purposes of this post, we are not differentiating between assistant and associate principals.)
Truman – 60% turnover
Principal – Unknown
Asst #1 – Boatright
Asst #2 – Loewe
Asst #3 – Unrein (new / teacher and coach from Blue Valley (KS) schools)
Asst #4 – Unknown
Chrisman – 40% turnover
Principal – Becker
Asst #1 – Clemons
Asst #2 – Madison
Asst #3 – Maglinger (transferred from Truman)
Asst #4 – Hastings (new / assessment manager for KCKS schools)
Van Horn – 33% turnover
Principal – Layden (promotion within building)
Asst #1 – Kline (new / teacher at Van Horn)
Asst #2 – Woods (transferred from Chrisman)
Independence Academy – 50% turnover
Principal – Unknown
Asst #1 – McBurney
Bridger – 67% turnover
Principal – Richards (transferred from Spring Branch)
Asst #1 – Painter
Asst #2 – Dorris (transferred from Pioneer Ridge)
Bingham – 67% turnover
Principal – Playter (promotion within building)
Asst #1 – Tempel (new / teacher at Nowlin)
Asst #2 – Morton (new / teacher in Fort Osage)
Pioneer Ridge – 67% turnover
Principal – Wieshaar
Asst #1 – Drinkwater (new / teacher at Chrisman)
Asst #2 – Tauveli (transferred from Bridger)
Nowlin – 80% turnover
Principal – Nowak (promoted from Van Horn)
Asst #1 – Henson
Asst #2 – McGhee (new / teacher at Van Horn)
Asst #3 - Unknown
Asst #4 - Unknown
Many have left - more will - more certainly tried.
ReplyDeleteAt first read I see a lot of shuffling...second read makes me realize how many strong principals we have lost and may still lose...last thought is on the name of the ship the title implies. God help us and our district. - Parent
ReplyDeleteI'm going to go ahead and make the call - Truman's new principal will be a white male from Dr. Herl's doctorate classes who is familiar with the phrase, "awww - shucks." I know - I'm way out on a limb here - but I'm taking a chance.
ReplyDeleteOr southern Missouri! Don't forget those candidates. Good thing all these small town folks can come to our town and fix us!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget as you look at the list how many strong principals are staying.
ReplyDeletePerhaps you think it's ok to lose a lot of good people uneccessarily, as long as some of the others stay. If it was you being forced out would it be fine as long as your colleague stayed? Wrong is wrong, but I suppose it is easier to rationalize that it's not so bad as long as it happens to someone else.
DeleteWhile it's great that some strong principals are staying, what will happen next year if they do not move into the district? What will our turnover rates be in the next two years? What does that mean for our buildings? For our students?
DeleteWhat will happen is hopefully the bobblehead board will wake up (too late for those this year). Or it will be this all over again.
DeleteMaybe the ones forced to leave should unite and file lawsuit, only because rumor is that a few new ones coming in do not live within district but due to so many empty spots its OK. If this is truly the case if I was one that was forced out I would sue.
ReplyDeleteIndependence Academy has promoted Rebecca McBurney as Principal for the upcoming school year. As if things weren't bad enough, now she has complete power. One should look at staff turnover during her reign the past 3 years as assistant. More staff were PIP'ed, terminated, or bullied into leaving than in previous years. Might as well just close down the program now.
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