2009.04.14
Full-time principals questioned
A school district in Arizona facing a tight budget is looking at whether each school in its division needs a full-time principal. Cutting back vice principals and principals to half-time jobs is just one measure suggested in the Tucson Unified School District.
The ideas got me thinking about some of the early plans discussed in Montgomery County's schools. School board member Joe Ivers later said he was in favor of making schools share some assistant principals or to have them teach classes.
His ideas drew the ire or some, but it's interesting to see that he's not the only one with the ideas. As this article says, the freedom to choose half-time principals also means choosing not to have one at all. "if they can come up with a way to ensure duties typically carried out by principals are still completed."
What do you think?
