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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Was she really that highly regarded? I don’t think I can name a single person that held her in high esteem. Good credentials to be sure.  There is a rumor that the principal left her to do the work he didn’t want to do. There may be some truth to that."

I don't necessarily hate the idea of the principal delegating heavily to the Assistant Principal.  That's how good leadership works.  The goal is not for the head person to make sure he's doing lots of chores so his people don't have to.  Maybe he's too out of touch, I'm not saying he isn't, I'm just saying that the leader of the entire school SHOULD be doing a lot of delegating.  If that leads to overworked staff, maybe they need more staff.

That said, my (vague, uninformed) impression is that the departing assistant principal was fairly highly regarded.  I never heard any complaints.  She seemed organized and professional, ran the spelling bee, etc.  But maybe I'm wrong.  In truth I've never heard anything from any parents either way about how they regarded her.

But she had to have been at least somewhat well-regarded by the diocese at least if they immediately hired her as the Assistant Principal of another diocese school.

So the question is what happened?  Did the diocese move her because they needed her elsewhere? (the school she's moving to has a brand new principal starting this year.)  Or did she plan the move because she wanted to leave St. Mary's?  Or, worst possibility, did she quit in a huff, but then get rehired in a hurry elsewhere in the diocese.

This is one more departure that's not about getting a promotion nor about moving to a different part of the country nor about changing careers.  And it's part of a recent pattern of turnover at St. Mary's.  So the question is, are people leaving in a huff for good reason?  Is there some problem with the principal, the priest, the workload, etc?  Or are mediocre people being pushed out because they are resisting positive changes?  The latter seems less likely given a general labor shortage of teachers and staff--this would be a weird time to push experienced people out.

I'm surprised that no-one in this thread has been able to provide much clarity.  Many parents at St. Mary's are very involved, many with big families who have experienced multiple principals, many who are close with faculty and staff who have left, many who have strong opinions.  [b]Yet no-one has said much about what's really going on.  Does no-one really know? [/b]
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I would hazard a guess that no one is going to post everything they know on an anonymous website. Its a small enough community that you may accidentally out yourself. Or they are leaving the school and it doesn't matter anymore. The St. Marys parents seems politically and socially savvy that they won't share information that does not need to be shared.
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