Principals

I grew up in Anacostia, the heartbeat of Southeast. Every day of my childhood, I lived the life my students now live.  Over the past year, we experienced incredible heartbreak with the loss of Gerald Watson and other students who have…

For the second year in a row, parents and teachers at J.O. Wilson Elementary School are selecting a new principal — but many remain unhappy that this year’s principal wasn’t asked to return. Principal Guye Turner, who was hired last…

When DC Public Schools honored teachers and administrators at the Standing Ovation ceremony earlier this month, they capped off a challenging year for the school system. Last year DCPS was at the center of a scandal involving inflated…

As a former student of Montgomery County Public Schools who will be graduating from Boston University in May, I often look back at the relationships with people who helped me along the way. For example, Ms. Reynolds, my ninth-grade English…

Principal Rachel Tommelleo has the Midas touch of kindness. It’s her compassion for every student that makes her school in Ward 4’s Brightwood neighborhood a warm, welcoming place for each and every student. “If she had it her way, she…