http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/84278 Dispatches from America's first suburb Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/84278/comment-page-1#comment-565816 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:52:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=84278#comment-565816 School starts in 7 weeks and there’s no principal. Way to go, DOE.

]]> http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/84278/comment-page-1#comment-565815 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:28:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=84278#comment-565815 And the teachers at the lower school who have worked with/under Trish as lower school AP for the last year have expressed unanimous support of her for a host of reasons that have to do with both her curricular leadership and management skills. Our outgoing principal — based on his long-time professional experiences with her — also supported her. None of these educators has indicated that their support of her has anything to do with whether she is or is not “great with people.”

]]> http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/84278/comment-page-1#comment-565814 Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:33:00 +0000 http://brooklynheightsblog.com/?p=84278#comment-565814 “‘I can imagine someone being very popular because they’re great with people, but that does not necessarily mean they’re the best educational leader or the best manager,’ [deBlasio] added.” Mr. Mayor, Trish IS an educator, if you would care to read her bio’ on the school’s website: https://ps8brooklyn.org/2016/06/28/meet-patrica-peterson/

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