Bloody Friday at North Atlanta High: APS kicks out old leaders, announces new ones without explanation.
UPDATED Saturday with a comment from principal:
Atlanta Public Schools ousted North Atlanta High School interim principal Mark MyGrant — enticed out of retirement by APS to run the school for three months until a permanent leader could be hired — in dramatic fashion Friday afternoon.
Not only is MyGrant gone, but APS replaced the entire leadership team at the Buckhead high school, reassigning them throughout the system.
In a 30 minute telephone interview today, MyGrant detailed Friday’s events:
Deputy Superintendent Karen Waldon and the interim HR director, accompanied by APS security officers, showed up at the high school at dismissal Friday, intercepting MyGrant as he was about to make the end-of-the day bus announcements. He said he was told to pack and leave North Atlanta High School immediately.
Teachers were assembled and then told that the entire administrative team and the heads of the Small Learning Communities — specialized areas of student interest including arts, journalism, international business and international relations — were being reassigned.
“I was at work when Karen Walden and the interim HR director came in and informed me that my services were no longer needed. I asked if I should move the buses and they told me ‘no,’ that I should leave right now,” said MyGrant. “They started bringing in loads of security and the transition team and they called the teachers to the auditorium. I just gathered my things — l didn’t have much because I had already cleaned out my office when I retired in June.
“Within 15 or 20 minutes, I was done,” said MyGrant. “They didn’t walk me out. Security may have been waiting to walk me out, but I walked out the back door, got in my my car and and went. I would have been happy to leave any time. I was retired. They had announced a new principal. They did not need to do it this way.”
MyGrant is willing to talk about what happened because he wants to clear not only his name, but those of all the educators reassigned Friday. (No word yet from APS.)
“I would be happy to ride off into the sunset. But with all these administrators, hardworking administrators, being reassigned, people are going to say ‘God, there must have been something really corrupt there.’ I owe it to them and myself to let people know there wasn’t anything.”
Meeting with his attorney later today, MyGrant is prepared to present evidence that this episode grew out of what he considers politically motivated and baseless allegations that two of his recommended hires – a graduation coach and English teacher — were racists. “I feel when the community gets the information that I am prepared to present, they will demand the educators who were reassigned be brought back,” he said.
“Regardless of what anyone thinks of my leadership, many other hard working educators were treated unfairly yesterday. Including Melissa Gautreaux, Reginald Colbert, Laura Brazil and John Denine. I was very excited in June to retire and had some exciting plans, which I put on hold after being contacted by APS three times to return. This followed a very botched first attempt to hire a principal in June. In the meantime, students will return to school next week after a fall break to celebrate NAHS Homecoming. This group of kids is a terrific mix of students from all walks of life and are led by a hardworking group of teachers. I wish them all the best.”
He detailed the history of the allegations in an email:
In August I was contacted by Deputy Superintendent Karen Waldon on 3 separate occasions reporting anonymous allegations alleging that I was planning to fire a employee leaving for maternity leave, and was hiring two new teachers that were “racist.” I did all I could do to investigate these claims with the very limited information I received, but one of the teachers never got processed and the one that signed a contract and is currently working has never been approved by the board. Her name was taken off the gains report in August and didn’t return in September or October. I tried for weeks to get answers from the very top on down, but was completely stonewalled. In September, my attorney sent an email to Errol Davis detailing my concerns and asking about the investigation. Later in September, I received from Davis a letter informing me that I was not part of any investigation. An open records request was sent to APS last week from one of the teachers in question. I was asked to submit documents related to this case and prepared approximately 25 documents.
MyGrant retired in June from North Atlanta but was asked by APS to return to oversee the school until the end of October when a permanent principal would take over. Prior to his retirement, MyGrant led North Atlanta for five years and Sutton Middle school for 10. He was a well respected principal in the Buckhead community.
A letter on the North Atlanta High site from APS school chief Erroll B. Davis offers parents no explanation for the sudden removal of MyGrant and the mass reassignment of school leaders, saying only that the high school underwent a “total leadership transition.”
The letter lacks the obligatory expression of gratitude to MyGrant for serving as interim, clearly indicating that this was not a pleasant parting. (You can read the letter and a news story on the high school’s newspaper, the Northerner online.)
Davis says the former principal of Sarah Smith Elementary, Sid Baker, will run the show until the new North Atlanta principal, Howard Taylor of Gwinnett, officially takes command on Oct. 29. Davis also lists eight other “transition” academy leaders and a transition assistant principal.
The dramatic removal of MyGrant has upset many parents, some of whom are contacting the AJC with their questions and concerns. Among the comments from parents:
Today at the closing bell our beloved principal and most of his leadership team were escorted out of the school by a group of APS staffers from downtown. Just three weeks before the end of his contract and two weeks before our IB accreditation, Mark MyGrant and his staff were publicly humiliated in front of teachers and students alike. The “party line” is the new principal wants a clean slate. There’s a lot more to the story than that. What is the real agenda? Obviously, no one is thinking about the disruption this will cause for our children and our IB program.
Parents are asking how Davis can gut the leadership ranks of their school, march in a brand new team of temps and expect the community to support the decision without more information.
Davis closes his letter to North Atlanta parents by saying, “We understand that this will be a time of excitement, as well as a major transition at NAHS…”It’s a new day at North Atlanta.”
The problem may be that parents won’t think it’s a better day.
The AJC will be following up on this situation. I have sent a note to APS for a comment. If I get it, I will post.
–from Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
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Former Teacher under MyGrant
October 6th, 2012
10:28 am
I worked under MyGrant while he was Sutton. I should pause here to add that I am a Black male. I found MyGrant to be a phenominal administrator who had to love and support of the teachers, parents, and students. He so well liked and respected that they asked him to be the principal at NAHS. When he announced this move to his teachers at Sutton, there were few dry eyes in the building. This man loves his job, his teachers, and his students. I never witnessed a single incident of favoritism or unfairness.
I do not know what has happened at NAHS. With the track record like his, the higher ups have to tell us something about why he and his ENTIRE staff was removed. I hope they checked with their legal department before making this move. Does this effect MyGrants retirement?
Maureen Downey
October 6th, 2012
10:32 am
To all, I have received several emails from Mark MyGrant and we will talk in a few minutes. He outlines a strange series of events leading to his removal yesterday. He also said:
Linda C. DeMars
October 6th, 2012
10:32 am
I am serious considering the state-wide charter schools vote.
Gov. Nathan Deal and Erroll B. Davis are the PROBLEM
October 6th, 2012
10:35 am
A Republican govenor who hand picked Erroll B. Davis.
hmmmmmm
Something STINKS.
Killed the Goose
October 6th, 2012
10:37 am
At Jackson Elementary our children read the story “The Goose That Laid The Golden Egg” and learned the painful moral of that story. Now they see it played out in front of their eyes at NAHS. APS is trying to kill the one successful corner of an otherwise underperforming system. The undercurrent to this recent action is the long running jealousy of the underacheiving of the successful students. MyGrant created two of the three jewels in the APS crown and now the politicians downtown want trash it instead of trying to replicate his methods at the other weaker schools.
Gov. Nathan Deal and Erroll B. Davis are the PROBLEM
October 6th, 2012
10:39 am
Gov. Deal and Erroll B. Davis…………
Karma is going to catch up with both of you.
The bible says………you reap what you sow.
The Dude
October 6th, 2012
10:39 am
Sounds like par for the course for the joke that is APS. And people wonder why they are a nationwide laughingstock.
Mac Kenneth
October 6th, 2012
10:43 am
Maybe something will finally come to fruition at North Atlanta. All of the schools in NAPPS display racism and favoritism. Grades are changed for kids to support parents whose noses are in administration faces. PTA meetings are held at 8:30am so many parents can not attend. Buckhead Betties are the only one’s who can attend. No one supports a change in PTA times. Teachers are judmental. The administrators who were ushered out were not fair. Children are not treated fairly or disciplined fairly. Example in point: Two white 11th graders last year cooked brownies with marijuana in them. They only got charged with disorderly conduct. If they were black, the charges would have been worse. Another problem is that their is misconduct of teachers and students in relationships. Many parents are treated differently and harshly when they voice opinions or ask for answers or advocate for fairness. Dependent on who you are determines whether or not you are received. If you are a parent who wants fairness for all, you will be criticized and judges and even like one parent arrested based lies. North Atlanta tears families apart. I hope the future North Atlanta is fair and a place where all students and parents can know they will receive a fair chance.
Mac Kenneth
October 6th, 2012
10:44 am
Will there be a meeting to update parents?
Cheryl Simpson
October 6th, 2012
10:50 am
I am sorry to hear what happened at the school on yesterday. Mr. Mygrant and his staff will be missed by many. Things happen for a reason and God sees the road farther than we do.
What happened???
October 6th, 2012
11:02 am
Maureen, I noticed in your list you left out academy leader Mona Fairley-Nelson from your list from your email from Mygrant. Was this omission by accident or does Mygrant mean she should have been the only one fired?
Did she do something illegal or unethical?
Deep Looks
October 6th, 2012
11:05 am
This is simply another one of the cluster bangs that Karen Walden and her crew of the “broken toys” from other districts have created. Someone needs to take a deep, long look into the new special education staff (better known as DeKalb County: Second Edition) that her favorite son, John O’Connor, has hired. Some of the rudest, most arrogant people that exist. Not to mention that he rehired the same Autism Coordinator from the past administration that held the record for the number of complaints over the previous 2 years. Don’t be fooled by his claims of transparency, where behind closed doors he talks a totally different game. Be very wary of those bearing gifts…
intown aps parent
October 6th, 2012
11:06 am
Some years ago there was a commenter named Top Hat who regularly cited chapter and verse regarding nefarious dealings of corruption, favortism (sp) and back-coverings at North Atl. HS. He also had a web site. His postings would make for very interesting reading in light of the house-sweep of Friday.
In business/finance, the perp walk is to ensure you do not touch a computer to change any files of any sort. And they have you dead to rights to warrant their dismissal action. So what lurks on his system?
I find it funny that the majority of Georgians say they want government to be run like a business (esp. a ‘right to work’ state), then here it happens and away they start whining.
LTB
October 6th, 2012
11:13 am
I know Dr. Taylor, the new Principal from Lilburn Middle. Other Principals in Gwinnett have been calling him to see just what he has done to so wonderfully and dramatically turn that school around. A very close family member of mine teaches for Dr. Taylor and has seen how dramatically Lilburn has moved up the Gwinnett ladder under his leadership. The status for LMS named in an earlier post pre-dates his arrival. Give him a gracious and supportive chance or you will be the loser. He did not cause the mess about which many of you are complaining. He can be a huge part of the solution if you give him a chance.
Proud Sarah Smith, Sutton, and NAHS grad
October 6th, 2012
11:16 am
Classless. Regardless of what is going on behind the scenes and in central office, the children come first. Someone clearly forgot. This disruption may have a prolonged effect on the nah students. There had to have been a better time and a better way to handle this shift in leadership. I’m so disappointed.
Jim Tavegia
October 6th, 2012
11:17 am
It looks like you need to remove many from the top of APS. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Makes you wonder where these orders really came from. Politics as usual. NO wonder public ed is in such a mess.
NAHS mom
October 6th, 2012
11:21 am
It’s absolutely true that Mr. Mygrant and the administration played favorites and had a double standard.
The white buckhed girls who were caught last year SELLING marijuana brownies were allowed back into the school after a short suspension where black kids with minor infractions are quickly expelled.
The school has gradually over the last 4 years expelled an unprecedented number of poor minority students.
Mygrant would often ignore students and parents who did not fit his preferred demographic even when presented with clear evidence of outlandish and prejudiced treatment at the hands of his staff.
NAHS mom
October 6th, 2012
11:23 am
Furthermore, none of the white buckhead kids who bought the marijuana brownies faced any punishment from the school itself and none of them were referred to the police.
Yet, minority kids are expelled at NAHS at the drop of a dime for using cell phones at school and other minor infractions.
This white buckhead kids were selling and buying drugs on campus and nothing happened to them. It’s all a big joke.
Mac Kenneth
October 6th, 2012
11:24 am
While they are reorganizing North Atlanta High School, other departments need restructuring. The College and Career Counseling Center which in its current state is not a good resource for seniors. Parents have to utilize Grady and schools in Fulton County for scholarship and college visit information because the current staff member is not responsive to all students or parents. With my third child being a senior, APS need to bring back the Gillons who were previously over the College Zone (previous name). They accomodated all students and took out the time to speak to every parent. The IS and the IBE counselors need to be changed out. They are not effective and not in support of the students in a positive way. The Arts and Broadcast Journalism counselors are most effective at this time. IS has a new counselor and this person though seems organized is not a good fit and comments she makes to students can crush self esteem. The registrar department is always willing to help parents and students. Mr. Thomas and Ms. McClendon are helpful over the telephone and in person. A note to the new administration: Please change the PTA meetings to evenings to accomodate more parents work schedules. Also it would also be a good idea for the bi-weekly teacher conferences to be changed to evenings or a Saturday morning. Additionally, all focuses should be equal among SLCs. No preferential treatments. All students should have the same access to resources.
Wilbur
October 6th, 2012
11:25 am
I don’t know what happened at NAHS and am willing to wait for more facts. What is available seems troublesome and contradictory. I don’t think Davis is going to be able keep this under the rug nor should he.
Let’s hope there is a good reason for Davis’ actions but if there is not, he needs to be held accountable.
jj
October 6th, 2012
11:25 am
Maybe B Davis need to be investigated.
Mac Kenneth
October 6th, 2012
11:28 am
The two white girls who made brownies with marijuana were arrested but charged with disorderly conduct.
jj
October 6th, 2012
11:28 am
Whats wrong with comment..Davis and APS should be investigated..if clean no problem.
atljan
October 6th, 2012
11:30 am
Wow, Another episode confirming our family’s decision to go private. My prayers are with the families who cannot afford to do so. The free market has an amazing way of promoting good customer service–the administration listens to parents and students at our school because they know we will take our tuition dollars elsewhere if our concerns are ignored. The administration cares about the teachers, because happy, competent teachers begat happy parents and students. Sadly, in public schools, the money comes from our hard-earned tax dollars and goes who knows where for who knows what. The admins get their fat salaries regardless of the situation of students, parents, and teachers.
Forced government redistribution sounds good on paper, but in reality the redistribution goes from the hardworking populace to the corrupt bureaucrats every time. I prefer to redistribute my own wealth based on my own judgment, thank you. And I happily pay my private school tuition to a well-run private school. Wish I could say the same about our property tax bill.
Dr. John Trotter
October 6th, 2012
11:31 am
I tried to tell you guys about Erroll B. Davis from the very beginning. When a man doesn’t respect the Georgia law relative to grievances, guaranteed sick days, duty free lunch for elementary teachers, or the due process elements of the 940 law, then I am totally leary of him or her. I told you guys that I did not see much difference between the Erroll Davis Administration and the Beverly Hall Administration, although I will admit that the administration finally set up a grievance hearing before the actually school board members for Level III as required by law. I will give the Davis Administration credit for this, but it seems like I had to metaphorically bludgeon the administration over the head to get its attention. I hope that this administration will learn from the mistakes of the previous administration, but coming from the corporate world does not automatically enure that you know how to run an effective school system.
I don’t know Mr. MyGrant, but I know that often in school systems a confident and effective administrator can be a threat to the superintendent or other higher-ups. Plus, since he already retired and they asked him to come back on board, he probably was not as willing to goose-step and kiss the obligatory as$es like expected. I am sure that this was probably the problem.
Tough Decisions Not Always Pretty
October 6th, 2012
11:31 am
We have no reason to believe that Davis is not operating and has not operated in good faith. It looks as though he has a lot to clean up, but took this job instead of riding off and enjoying retirement. Hold your horses! There must be a smoking gun!
What happened???
October 6th, 2012
11:31 am
Maureen, Is it true that the white girl who sold the marijuana brownies had a parent who was employed at the school and was a good friend of Mr Mygrant?
Buckhead Mom
October 6th, 2012
11:57 am
Unbelievable lack of professionalism .. just flush all the good hard work down the toilet.
Errol WTF are you thinking? Is this racial??? That’s what I’ve heard from my daughter.. she told me about the anonymous letter sent to Mygrant about the white folks at North Atlanta.. its our neighborhood school WAKE UP!!!!!
Maureen Downey
October 6th, 2012
12:00 pm
@What happened. Do not know this incident, but can tell you from years of covering schools that if police were involved in this, and it appears they were, they made the decision on charges and the courts made a decision on the final disposition. As with the water balloon case I wrote about a few years ago — seniors threw water balloons on the last day of school and a school officer arrested them, handcuffed them and took them to jail over protests of principal — police make their own calls and they don’t have to defer to administrators on what those calls are. I assume this case went to court and a judge made the decision, not the principal.
Maureen
Former NAHS Parent
October 6th, 2012
12:03 pm
“A New Day” would be when NAHS leaves the incompetent control of APS. Just when you think you’ve see it all – APS senior leadership always comes through! Mr. Davis – save the self deprecating jokes at the inevitable community meeting. No one is laughing.
Old South
October 6th, 2012
12:03 pm
Could not imagine sending my kid to an APS school. Really, it makes you woder if the public school model really is broken. Is it a place for learning, or an institution concerned with only it’s interests and agendas of narrow parties? Galloway must be hiring like mad.
Mr Errol is seemingly swimming with sharks. One hopes he has a cage to protect him.
atlnative
October 6th, 2012
12:03 pm
It reminds me when Gov.Ellis Arnall was removed from office by Herman Talmadge’s thugs.Supposely,73 votes were found in a box at the Cobb Co. courthouse in Marietta.
NAHS mom
October 6th, 2012
12:13 pm
I see that my comments are being deleted because they are not in praise of Mr. Mygrant’s leadership.
No wonder Ms. Downey can claim that she has received overwhelming supportive comments for Mr. Mygrant – when she deletes anyone that are not supporitve.
What bias.
Mentionit
October 6th, 2012
12:16 pm
Thank you The Dude! APS most certainly is laughed at ON THE NATIONALNEWS
NAHS mom
October 6th, 2012
12:19 pm
” Please change the PTA meetings to evenings to accomodate more parents work schedules.”
Absolutely. The PTSA meetings are actually now in the mornings, so the only people that can and do attend them are Buckhead moms without jobs — Mr. Mygrant’s people.
The only parents with any influence say in the school are rich moms without jobs.
Working class parents are treated as 2nd class citizens at the school.
Maureen Downey
October 6th, 2012
12:20 pm
@to all, No principal is going to be universally liked. I think the question here is not whether the principal was good or bad. By asking him three times to serve as an interim, APS made clear it thought he did a good job.
These facts are not in dispute by either side:
APS asks this retiree to come back as a favor to the system. He signs on through Oct. 29. Three weeks before he is scheduled to end his interim service, APS removes him in a public and humiliating fashion with security on hand.
Yet, he has an email from Erroll Davis assuring him that he is not the subject of any investigation.
So, why this clumsy and legally questionable removal?
If APS wanted him out, why not call him and say, “We don’t need you to show up for the final three weeks of your interim term. Thanks.”
Why entice someone out of retirement to do you a favor and then subject him to public humiliation?
And why do it such a way that could raise legal issues that Atlanta taxpayers will then have to underwrite? Why not call him when he is at home on the weekend?
Maureen
NAHS mom
October 6th, 2012
12:28 pm
“Why are you protecting this evil racist man?”
I wouldn’t go that far.
I think Mr. Mygrant is well meaning, but he clearly did not do enough to treat all parents and all students equally.
He was wined and dined by his rich PTSA coffee talk moms and they got whatever they wanted.
I have personal experience with a serious infraction by one of his teachers against my student ultimately being ignored by Mr. Mygrant.
At first Mr. Mygrant assured me he was outraged and about all of the action he was going to take on my students behalf. Then a buckhead mom intervenes on the teachers behalf and Mr. Mygrant never responds to my emails or calls again. Completely ignoring how unfairly one of his students was treated.
These incidents are not in isolation. Talk to any NAHS parents who are not in the preferred circle and you will hear these complaints time and time again.
It’s sad because as personally likeable as Mr. Mygrant is, he should put ALL of the students’ well being before his desire to be oogled over by the rich PTSA coffee talk crowd.
In that regard he failed many of the students and that’s a shame.
I don’t think that makes him an “evil” or “racist,” but he certainly allowed his school to be run in a prejudiced way.
Right one
October 6th, 2012
12:35 pm
and Dr. Taylor would want to come into this cesspool? Seems to me APS central office used this Gestapo tactic to intimidate any other APS administrator to toe the line. In time it has been revealed that Karen Waldon knows absolutely jack about curriculum and instruction and neither do any of her cast offs from other districts including her six figure earning pocketbook carrier. For this I hold Davis accountable for
Realist
October 6th, 2012
12:36 pm
Is everyone missing the major facts that NAHS has not made AYP under the leadership of Mygrant ever, and the beloved IB program has very few students that obtain the coveted IB diploma. This is no crown jewel for APS just because it is in Buckhead. Tests scores speak for themselves. Come on, we are talking about the adults, and not the poor education the children are receiving!
NAHS has, if not the oldest, IB program in the state of GA. Compare it too the newer ones IB diploma rate. It is embarrasing!
Just because you like someone doesn’t mean they are doing a good job.
Informed
October 6th, 2012
12:36 pm
Hey NAHS Mom,
For the record, the two girls who were caught selling marijuana were not “briefly suspended.” They were both expelled. One went to private school, the other went to “alternative school” and was allowed to return this year after doing the required time there. Additionally, both these girls were taken to JAIL and faced criminal charges. Additionally, there have been numerous incidents of minority kids caught with drugs on campus who have not been expelled. With respect to the girl who was allowed to return, her mother did not work at NAHS, and this was the first and only time that she had been caught. There is not a double standard here.
Also, in regards to the valedictorian issue, NAHS has always awarded that title to the student with the highest WEIGHTED GPA. Also, students are required under Georgia law to take 4 years of math classes, so you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.
Too many idiots trying to start trouble.
Maureen Downey
October 6th, 2012
12:36 pm
NAHS mom. Comments come down if they are anonymous attacks. There are a lot of comments now criticizing teachers and even other principals. I don’t like people using screen names to attack other people.
I make no apologies for taking those comments down.
I also don’t like comments that attack students.
Maureen
lahopital
October 6th, 2012
12:41 pm
Maybe he wasn’t totally impartial to all students, or maybe one parent is overly sensitive of any treatment to his/her child (as we all, white, black, blue, green can be), but, either way, I doubt that’s going to get him escorted out of the school in this way.
Realist
October 6th, 2012
12:45 pm
WOW. “Mentionit” thank you for being the true spokesperson for “your” community! At least someone is saying how the NAHS community realy feels about minorities. SMDH
NAHS mom
October 6th, 2012
12:49 pm
“Also, students are required under Georgia law to take 4 years of math classes, so you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The boy took 5 math classes in the point. He took 2 IB math courses because he was allowed to take Math I in middle school.
The boy was allowed to start Math I early (because his middle school offered it) and the girl was forced to take Algebra I in 8th grade and then Math I in 9th grade. This was clearly no fault of her own.
Clearly, you do not have information on these specific instances.
Mel B
October 6th, 2012
12:50 pm
I think the real issue is bubbling to the top and it is the same one that always prevails. Perpetual victim mentality, socio-economic envy and a complete lack of personal accountability. We see once again who really lets their prejudices guide their behavior.
JAR
October 6th, 2012
12:53 pm
“Error” Davis has no ideas and no vision. He’s an old fashioned hatchet man. Al l he does is cuts and chops indiscriminately. He will leave APS in a huge financial hole. Much of the red will come from the numerous lawsuits some of which have already been filed against APS.
Parents should contact your APS school board representatives and ask them to VOTE NO for retaining Davis…
???
October 6th, 2012
12:53 pm
This is really a bizarre story but something is definitely amiss at North Atlanta. Comparatively speaking, a disproportionate number of African American teachers at North Atlanta were moved to other APS schools both this school year and the previous school year. Someone should check the numbers and interview those teachers.
Maureen Downey
October 6th, 2012
12:58 pm
@to all, End of comments on the pot brownies. It is called going off topic and far afield of the topic.
As I have noted, this is not referendum on the principal, who had already retired and was only back for three months as a favor to APS.
This is about how APS handled this and why it took such a high-profile action.
Whenever Erroll Davis talks to me, he emphasizes that every decision in Atlanta has to be made with academics foremost.
How does it help the students of NAHS to yank all the leaders and program heads and replace them with people who are only temps, some of whom have no high school grounding? (Also, how many people does APS have sitting around its central office that it could dispatch this many of them to NAHS? And what happens to their workloads and their jobs? Will students elsewhere in the system suffer as a result?)
By the time this temporary leadership team finally learns the names of a few kids, where the bathrooms are and how to work the copier, it will be gone.
Where is the academic defense of such a wholesale transfer of staff at a high school?
And that is what Erroll Davis needs to explain to parents.
Maureen
NAHS MOTHER
October 6th, 2012
1:06 pm
“Also, students are required under Georgia law to take 4 years of math classes, so you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.”
The boy took 5 math classes in the point. He took 2 IB math courses because he was allowed to take Math I in middle school.
The boy was allowed to start Math I early (because his middle school offered it) and the girl was forced to take Algebra I in 8th grade and then Math I in 9th grade. This was clearly no fault of her own.
Clearly, you do not have information on these specific instances
NAHS Parent
October 6th, 2012
1:09 pm
Just as with the how the NAHS Admin approached the kids they did not think were typical NAHS students…Ready, Shoot ,Aim..so goes their dismissal. Looks like cultural justice to me.