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Parents, teachers and community challenge district decision on Grant Elementary principal; board hears extended public comment
Summary
A large group of parents, teachers and community members urged the board to appoint the interim Grant Elementary principal, Amy Hale, to the permanent role. Several speakers criticized the hiring process and lack of transparency; the district said final hiring authority rested with the superintendent and cabinet.
Dozens of Grant Elementary parents, staff and community members spoke during public comment to urge the board to select the school's interim principal, Amy Hale, for the permanent principal role.
Several speakers described Hale's seven months as interim principal as stabilizing for staff, classified employees and the school community. Michelle Anderson, a third-grade teacher at Grant, said Hale had fostered improved staff cohesion and parent engagement and had become a trusted adult to students. Parent Josh Evans, a former teacher and counselor, told trustees that Hale had moved the school forward and that the community's intensive scrutiny over administrators made the…
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