no thanks, I really hope (and I am sure I am not the only one) that Ms. Neal will be confirmed as the next principal of Deal. she has years of actual experience as an administrator at a large middle school and she has already been at Deal for a while. she is great, she is well respected, there will be a seamless transition from the former principal to her and she would have little to none learning curve. I really hope DCPS confirms her.

I'm a former Janney parent. You may not agree with everything Norah Lycknell did, I certainly don't, but you cannot call her lazy.
She is very high quality for DCPS and I would be fine with her coming to Deal or Hardy. She is very intelligent and competent, if a bit headstrong.
Not the most personable for sure but I can live with that.

I know someone on the Hardy principal search committee and I heard that the committee's first choice was a man.
Not sure if she was #2 and the man turned down the offer or if any offer was every made to him.

Just realized that my non-information is how rumors are spread.

Anonymous wrote:She better not be going to Hardy. Ugh.

But will she keep the school uniforms.

Anonymous wrote:Is she really going to Hardy? Can someone confirm that? That would be awesome. She is not the most personable but she is smart and works hard. She did a lot more at Janney than just work on the renovation. And now she has middle school experience to boot. I would take her in a heartbeat over the Wilson principal.

How will she and Hardy's "unique culture" mesh?

I wish her the best in her new school. Does anyone know who are the candidates for Brookland or who is the new principal?

Anonymous wrote:I don't want her at Deal. She was good at getting money out of DCPS but lousy (and lazy) with the day-to-day operations of the school. She never came to events, etc. and she had definite favorites.

This was not my experience with her at Brookland. She was at all of the events and very involved in the day to day.

She better not be going to Hardy. Ugh.

Anonymous wrote:Is she really going to Hardy? Can someone confirm that? That would be awesome. She is not the most personable but she is smart and works hard. She did a lot more at Janney than just work on the renovation. And now she has middle school experience to boot. I would take her in a heartbeat over the Wilson principal.

Middle school experience? It was a failure from start to finish.

Is she really going to Hardy? Can someone confirm that? That would be awesome. She is not the most personable but she is smart and works hard. She did a lot more at Janney than just work on the renovation. And now she has middle school experience to boot. I would take her in a heartbeat over the Wilson principal.

Anonymous wrote:I don't want her at Deal. She was good at getting money out of DCPS but lousy (and lazy) with the day-to-day operations of the school. She never came to events, etc. and she had definite favorites.

If you weren't a favorite forget about getting any kind of response from her.

She's going to Hardy

I don't want her at Deal. She was good at getting money out of DCPS but lousy (and lazy) with the day-to-day operations of the school. She never came to events, etc. and she had definite favorites.

I think the parent/community panel for the Hardy principal were a couple weeks ago. No idea who candidates were or if she was among them.

Does anyone know why Norah Lycknell is leaving Brookland MS? I think she would be a great choice for Deal or Hardy. Any chance that might happen? I know she wasn't a great fit for Brookland but she will probably be more successful in NW.