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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not OP but she is very young - 28. I don't think she has enough experience to lead OA.[/quote]

For crying out loud, give her a chance. This isn't the baby boomer era any longer.[/quote]

I met her and don't think she is ready. I'm glad other parents think she is. I hope to be proven wrong.[/quote]

Why don't you think she's ready?[/quote]

I think she does not yet have enough experience. She taught for several years and has served as an instructional coach, but she had not been as assistant principal and did not go through the Patterson fellowship or other training program. She has a lot of enthusiasm, which is great, but I don't see her being ready to lead. I think DCPS should have promoted her to assistant principal and had her do that or join the Patterson program. [/quote]

She doesn't seem to have a lot of experience (measured in years), but she has done spectacularly well in her short teaching career.  Btw, she served as an assistant principal for one year at CHEC.  Here's an excerpt from the announcement released by Kaya Henderson's office:

I am happy to report that Ms. Mayra Canizales has accepted the offer to be the Oyster-Adams Bilingual 
School principal. Her official appointment begins on July 1, 2014.

Mayra Canizales has served the students of Washington, DC since 2009. She began her career in DC 
Public Schools as a 6th grade English language arts teacher at Columbia Heights Education Campus 
(CHEC). In 2012, she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award and transitioned into school 
leadership as an instructional coach at CHEC. Ms. Canizales has also served as a teaching faculty member 
for the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, a Teaching for Results seminar leader for The New Teacher 
Project, and a curriculum and instruction fellow for the DCPS Teachers Central to Leadership program. 
[b]In 2013, she became an assistant principal at CHEC[/b]. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American studies 
and urban educational policy from University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in 
elementary education from Boston College.
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