https://capecharleswave.com/2012/08/3-new-school-principals-face-a-challenging-year/ Your Online Newspaper in Cape Charles, Virginia Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 https://capecharleswave.com/2012/08/3-new-school-principals-face-a-challenging-year/#comment-365 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:49:42 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=1277#comment-365 I understand the desire to have these positions filled by those who are from our county. Regardless of the economic acquaintance, though a stretch, I don’t believe the selection has as much to do about the new hires’ place of origin as it does with their skills and qualification. The Shore (especially the beloved Northampton) tends to march to a different beat in comparison to other thriving surrounding counties and it always hurts us in the end. Where else can the teachers (well respected teachers all the same) become overnight principals? I personally know several principals throughout DMV and they were all amazed at the developments in our county with regards to education over the past few years. Certainly, there may be a few qualified people under the rocks within Northampton County, but we’ve tried our way with our native ESVA residents and it hasn’t worked. The rest of the country seems to find a great bargain and better quality in outsourcing so hopefully the “come heres” will be able to invest in our children and families in a way that reverses the apparent deterioration. The bigger issue to me is that we’ve lost the Middle School and the program that sets kids off to a good foundation in education (elementary school) may not even be accredited. That scares me! Hope it all turns out to be a great change!

]]> https://capecharleswave.com/2012/08/3-new-school-principals-face-a-challenging-year/#comment-353 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:24:04 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=1277#comment-353 Is adequate housing the excuse being given for why so few of the new hires live in this county? I am told that the new superintendent doesn’t live here and considers it no big deal. However, even a slight acquaintance with economics could easily demonstrate that salaries paid to residents circulate in the local economy rather than that of Virginia Beach or elsewhere. Here we have the top wage earners in the school system carrying home their quite large salaries to another area.
It should be a requirement that the superintendent live in the county. How can he hope to really know the problems of our students if he is a stranger to the local populace? How can he “reach” these students if he doesn’t live here?

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