Wythe principal out

Monday’s T-D reported on George Wythe principal Parker Land’s resignation. “Health reasons” was the cited cause of Land’s resignation, but murmurs from within RPS suggest the 87 police calls to the school this year (including 2 for fights last week) are a more immediate reason, and that it was hardly a voluntary resignation. Land was […]

Monday’s T-D reported on George Wythe principal Parker Land’s resignation. “Health reasons” was the cited cause of Land’s resignation, but murmurs from within RPS suggest the 87 police calls to the school this year (including 2 for fights last week) are a more immediate reason, and that it was hardly a voluntary resignation.

Land was a main feature of a 2005 PBS documentary which profiled his attempt to turn things around at Boushall Middle School. The program, though a couple years old at this point, is still very relevant, and seems to have flown remarkably under the radar considering all of the hue and cry over the schools of late.

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