Oh my stars —- will the Guilford County Board of Education actually do something radical —- like can the principal at underperforming Oak Hill Elementary?
Comments from a couple of school board members indicate —— not:
School board member Sandra Alexander said she was told (Superintendent Mo) Green is leaning toward either making several smaller reforms — the “transitional model” — or the more radical “turnaround model,” which requires the district to replace at least half of the teachers.
“I think the school is badly in need of the funding that will come from choosing one of the four plans, and the transitional model seems to be the one that will inflict the least amount of pain and the one most likely to best serve the students and parents at Oak Hill,” Alexander said.
…“I will support it on the stipulation that this is not to be a reflection on the staff and principal at that school,” said board member Garth Hebert.
Hebert has been a vocal defender of Oak Hill principal Sara Roberts, saying —as the Rhino puts it —- she’s “done well with the cards she’s been dealt.” Yet you really have to wonder how removing the principal and reassigning teachers can’t help but be a reflection upon their performance. But let’s also not forget that such radical reforms are tied to fed cash, as is pretty much everything in local government these days.
This will indeed be an interesting vote.
