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Superintendent makes case to keep secondary assistant principal; board divided over costs
Summary
Superintendent presented a 13-page business model arguing the secondary assistant principal role is essential for safety, testing, compliance and instructional leadership. Board members questioned comparability to other districts, enrollment math, and budget trade-offs; some urged delay or alternative structures.
Superintendent Dr. Deshong presented a business model and slide deck arguing the district should retain (and fund) a secondary assistant principal to handle testing coordination, discipline, safety liaisons, cyber-charter outreach and other duties that would otherwise overburden principals. He said the position was accounted for in the budget (0% tax increase) and warned that "When we're surviving, we become more reactive."
Board members pressed for comparisons to similar districts (Bermudian Springs, Gettysburg), asked for precise enrollment and ratio data, and questioned whether the role could be restructured as a dean of students or split across positions to save money. One board member urged the board to avoid language implying dissenters "care less about the good of students." The discussion ended without a vote on the position in committee; the board planned to take further action at the upcoming voting meeting.
