John B. Cary keeps principal
Last Thursday, hundreds of upset parents and students packed the school, mad that Phillips was being transferred from Cary to Bellevue Elementary. They say she is one of the reasons why the school has such a good academic standing.
Read more here.
Toda’s RTD article on the story hints at some other tensions there but doesn’t really go into it.
I’m surprised with “hundreds of parents” up in arms no one thought to let little ol’ WotBN know.
Also is that really true that RPS likes to rotate principals to “keep them fresh?” Can that possible be a good idea?
The RTD has a longer article today that gets into more of the back story.
The Richmond Voice picks this up in The Swapping of School Principals: Racial or Financial Motivation?