On Tuesday evening I was at the Nikiski Middle/High School library to meet with staff and community members to explain our process for hiring a new principal. I was thrilled to see the room jammed with close to 100 people. Most in the crowd were there to support their assistant principal’s candidacy for this vacancy. The good turnout indicates a lot about Nikiski. It showed that folks are paying close attention to their school. The support for the AP also let me know that the community likes the way the school is being run.
The more subtle message to come from the meeting is the anxiety of not knowing what may come with a new principal. I appreciate this and recognize that when things are progressing in the right direction, it is worrisome to consider a change that may slow that progress. My encouragement to the community is to recognize that yes, things are better than they were before, but that there is still a long way to go. The community should expect the new principal to help the school continue down the improvement path, and not keep things the way they are.
A good level of community support is what all our schools want-thanks to the Nikiski folks for showing this.
Nikiski Community Support
On Tuesday evening I was at the Nikiski Middle/High School library to meet with staff and community members to explain our process for hiring a new principal. I was thrilled to see the room jammed with close to 100 people. Most in the crowd were there to support their assistant principal’s candidacy for this vacancy. The good turnout indicates a lot about Nikiski. It showed that folks are paying close attention to their school. The support for the AP also let me know that the community likes the way the school is being run.
The more subtle message to come from the meeting is the anxiety of not knowing what may come with a new principal. I appreciate this and recognize that when things are progressing in the right direction, it is worrisome to consider a change that may slow that progress. My encouragement to the community is to recognize that yes, things are better than they were before, but that there is still a long way to go. The community should expect the new principal to help the school continue down the improvement path, and not keep things the way they are.
A good level of community support is what all our schools want-thanks to the Nikiski folks for showing this.