The New Principal

The New Principal moved out of the office into a small room on the 8th grade hall. He also had the assistant principals (there are 2 of 'em) move into rooms on the 6th and 7th grade halls. Now, if there is a disturbance, an administrator can be on the spot pronto. S/He can just walk out into the hall and there will be a quieter change-of-classes, just because s/he is there.

He turned his old office, the one in the school office, into a conference room. It was a large office, and makes quite a nice conference room. The teachers did not have one before now.

The New Principal had the Guidance Counselors move out of their office suite into rooms on the respective halls, as well. Now a girl doesn't have to walk across campus if she needs Supplies. It was like a walking billboard: Look, she must have Started. She's headed to Guidance. Now students who need guidance can have it right there, on their hall.

The New Principal has required the teachers to assign homework every night. Just a little. Every night. And, agendas? The calendar to help the students organize? The one teachers were supposed to initial every day, to show they checked to see if the student had written in his assignments? Now The New Principal requires the teachers to sign them every day.

The New Principal requires athletes to dress up on game day: boys wear white shirt and tie. Girls wear white button-up shirt.

It's all the Buzz. LO just spent a half hour on the phone with gf's. Are you taking your bookbag?? We usually don't have homework on the first night, but now, with The New Principal... Wait, I have a beep. Yeah, are you taking your bookbag?

The consensus was, they are all taking their bookbags.

The kids think TNP is too rigid. The parents, so far, are lovin' him. :)