BOE to vote Tuesday on new AHS principal

If all goes according to plan, Apalachee High School may have a new principal by Tuesday night.

Local leaders tasked with the decision are slated to meet sometime on Monday, Sept. 12, to discuss a recommendation and system leaders have said they hope to have some chosen by the time the board of education meets Tuesday.

The Barrow County Board of Education will meet in closed session Tuesday, Sept. 13, to receive the recommendation, immediately following a called meeting at 6 p.m. to discuss the county tax digest and mill rate. The meeting will be held in the Professional Development Center at 179 W. Athens St. in Winder. If a new principal is decided, the BOE will vote following the closed session.

Twenty-one people applied for the position, which an AHS interviewing panel narrowed down to five candidates after interviews were held on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The interviewing team was made up one parent, one student, one teacher and one AHS business partner, half of the AHS School Governance Team, which superintendent Wanda Creel said has been involved in the entire hiring process. The process included designing an online survey in order to gain information from the public on what qualities it seeks in a principal, selecting candidates to interview, developing interview questions and conducting the interviews.

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#1 Where there is Smoke! on 09/12/11 at 08:50 PM [Reply]

Oh Please! "The interviewing team was made up one parent, one student, one teacher and one AHS business partner." That is it; that is the whole committee? Mr. Buffington, did you write this release or did Dr. Creel e-mail it to you? What about the other committee members...Creel, 2 assistant superintendents, HR Director, Finance Director??? The article misleads as to who the "Local Leaders" are that will 'have someone chosen' by Tuesday. It implies that representatives of the School Governance are making this decision. Yeah, right!
Is no one else 'permitted' to make comments to the paper other than Creel?
She sure did the talking (to the paper) for Mr. McGhee when he retired and for the Transportation Director on the recent 'Snafu' and now the Bookbag incident.
Where there is smoke, ............

#2 GG on 09/13/11 at 04:19 PM [Reply]

Maybe they can get somebody from WBHS, the only real high school we have here inBarrow and show those folks how a school is supposed to be ran.

#2.1 Sturgill on 09/13/11 at 04:30 PM [Reply]

WBHS a good school, man that's a joke.
Constantly AHS has beat WBHS in standardized tests, as well as substance abuse and disorderly conduct. The past year was rough for AHS, but not as rough as WBHS history.
-ss

#3 Silence Do Good on 09/16/11 at 05:16 AM [Reply]

Since they cut off comments on the new AHS Principal, this must go here. Don’t put too much stock in Glen Wilson’s Military Police service. First, as a squad leader, he most likely served four years or less, had a rank of E-4 or less and was in charge of at most five soldiers. Second, Apalachee High School already has many former military personnel and two active duty military personnel within it's ranks. Third, have you met this guy? He is very soft spoken; I will be surprised if he has any ability to bring increased discipline to AHS. He strikes me as a “yes” man for Wanda Creel brought in from outside the county to tell ya’ll country bumpkins how to run a school while using Barrow County as a stepping stone to the next level of administration. Finally, the School Governance Council ‘s involvement in the hiring process was just a farce to keep Wanda Creel from having to take responsibility for her choice of new principal in case this guy doesn’t work out. When the crap hits the fan, so to speak, Wanda Creel will point to the School Governance Council’s decision and say, “It wasn’t my fault.” If any Board of Education members read this, please DO NOT renew Wanda Creel’s contract. In regards to the new AHS principal, has anyone checked the standarized test scores and discipline history of Berkmar High School and Pickneyville Middle School?

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