Landon's New Head Of School: The Decision is In!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Googling shows that Martire's son Max is entering his senior year at Tatnall. It also indicates that he is an excellent athlete. https://www.facebook.com/tatnallschool/posts/junior-max-martire-has-been-named-the-2025-gatorade-delaware-boys-track-field-pl/1382492156761684/


Martire's wife Eva played lacrosse for Yale and is a lacrosse coach. She coached her daughter Belle at Kinkaid. Belle played for William and Mary and as a grad student for CLemson. Googling Eva indicates she's in her second year of coaching for the Yellowjackets. https://www.yjmidatlantic.com/copy-of-2030-31-32

So, the timing of the move may be good for him. In fact, it looks like he may have delayed a move so Max can finish Tatnall.

Eva Martire is not only a fantastic lacrosse coach, she is a genuinely caring and kind person who will make some amazing contributions to the Landon family. The community will be well served by the Martires. I have no doubt about it.

[Anonymous]

Along with all the regular challenges of the job (raising money, managing faculty and coaches, satisfying parents, etc.) there's another thing that I think is critical to the school.

Because his predecessor was from this area, he would have been aware of the potential schism between the Landon Old Guard and the new set of parents. Retaining the support of the alumni (The Lax Bro, tough guy, athletics-focused crowd) while appealing to the new gentler and kinder group was no easy task.

As a local and a Gonzaga grad, O'Neill would have been aware of the school's reputation and the need to move away from it.

Will someone not from here grasp that and be able to navigate between the two as well?

[Anonymous]

Martire went to Gilman and his father-in-law taught at Gilman for decades. I am sure the family is very aware of the culture at Landon and what an all-boys school is like in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Martire went to Gilman and his father-in-law taught at Gilman for decades. I am sure the family is very aware of the culture at Landon and what an all-boys school is like in general.

Martire went to Gilman and his wife went to Bryn Mawr. Then they went to Princeton and Yale. Then he taught at Gilman and she coached at Bryn Mawr. They are old guard and new kinder, gentler in a single marriage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Martire went to Gilman and his father-in-law taught at Gilman for decades. I am sure the family is very aware of the culture at Landon and what an all-boys school is like in general.

Martire went to Gilman and his wife went to Bryn Mawr. Then they went to Princeton and Yale. Then he taught at Gilman and she coached at Bryn Mawr. They are old guard and new kinder, gentler in a single marriage.

I love this response so much.

[Anonymous]

Hopefully the left leaning snowflake crowd continue to stay clear of looking at Landon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully the left leaning snowflake crowd continue to stay clear of looking at Landon.

They probably will. This crowd has their own schools which they insist are the best. But large segments of the local population wouldn’t send their kids to these schools if they were free.

[Anonymous]

Looks like a great hire! Congratulations to the Landon community!