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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He was the popular principal for decades at Arlington’s Yorktown High School. He abruptly resigned in the mid-90s to become principal at Springbrook HS in MCPS. He’s been with MCPS ever since and is one of the region’s most respected educators. [/quote]

MCPS can definitely use the experience of someone who ran schools 35 years ago. Not much has changed since then and so he seems like a great fit.[/quote]

Springbrook was actually a desirable school when he was principal so he might know a thing or two. [/quote]

Right. It was also one of the wealthier MCPS schools in the 90s. Hard to believe in this day and age, but it had a stronger reputation than B-CC then.

The Washington Post actually wrote about Durso’s transition from Yorktown HS, and (according to the article) his experience dealing with wealthy, entitled North Arlington parents helped with the transition.

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The school drew from some wealthy neighborhoods and some of the poorest neighborhoods in the county. It wasn’t an easy gig at all and wasn’t as wealthy as Whitman, Sherwood, Churchill, RM, Wootton, etc. [/quote]

Late 90s Springbrook grad. 
Before the consortium, the boundary lines for Springbrook followed New Hampshire ave from Langley Park (lower working class and a lot of apartments) up through Colesville and Cloverly. While the average wealth doesn’t compare, the highly educated two parent households were just as income and educational obtainment competitive as any of the W schools. Additionally Springbrook had the benefit of being wonderfully racially, religiously, and ethnically diverse, mostly middle, upper middle, and upper class families. I went on to multiple degrees and my high school classmates remain some of the most impressive people that I know.
Many, many highly educated, high earning professionals at our reunions.

Durso was a great principal 25+ years ago, but he’s in his 80s… I guess I’m kind of surprised he doesn’t want to retire, but some people just like to work. 
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