ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER

How com these two schools are going through different processes to replace a principal both of which "left" on VERY short notice? Hmm.....

Ford Elementary School Transition Plan

Dr. Claire Crane will be retiring on September 1, 2014, after a long and extraordinary career with the Lynn Public Schools.  Allowing for a 30 day posting and successive interviews would put a new principal in place weeks after Dr. Crane retires and would make the opening of school difficult and inefficient. The superintendent has assigned a team to work closely with her to provide for a smooth opening.   CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE PLAN DETAILS.

Marshall Middle School Transition Plan

Due to the recent resignation of Dr. Richard Cowdell from his position as principal of Marshall Middle School, Superintendent Catherine Latham is pleased to announce that James Ridley, retired educator and former principal of both Lynn Vocational Technical Institute (LV TI) and the Breed Middle School has accepted the position as interim principal at Marshall Middle School effective immediately.  CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE PLAN DETAILS. At FORD we have a TRANSITION team in name only.. What part of TRANSITION does a totally new, outside TEAM play....? UNLESS.... it's really a DEMOLITION team tearing apart all the things DR. CRANE has built. Then at MARSHALL you have a TEAM of ONE guy pulled out of retirement and EXCUSE ME(in the past he has personally told me he was a WATCH fan) FOR SAYING THIS but some people are saying got pushed out of LVTI because of poor MCAS scores. Anyway I think it is a SLAP in the face to the TWO current VICE-PRINCIPALS whose job it is to step in when the principal is away. They KNOW the kids and it would be least disruptive to the students to try anf steady this rocking boat. These kids are at a DIFFICULT age and I think it is PREPOSTEROUS to expect someone who has been away for a while to step in. The only STEPS will probably mis-steps. ON TOP OF THAT, WHERE IS ALL THIS MONEY COMING FROM TO SUPPLEMENT THESE RETIRED PENSION CHECKS? One thing they do have in COMMON is that NEITHER follow the selection process put forth by the VOTE of the LYNN SCHOOL COMMITTEE!