September Newsflash
Comings & Goings . . .
At
District HQ:
Harold Jordan, former
Executive Director of the National Coalition
of Education Activists, joins the Office
of Language Access Services and Community
Outreach as Assistant Director. As that
office takes on an expanded role in parent
involvement, other additions to that office
include Quibila Divine,
Parent Outreach Manager, formerly of the
Bureau of Community and Student Services
for the Pennsylvania Department of Education,
and Cong Wang, who will
service as Language Access Coordinator.
In the Communications department, John
Suggs will work as special projects
assistant, and Jim Scott
as Director of Community Relations and
Faith-based Partnerships. Miles
Shore is the new interim general
counsel.
In academic regions:
Dr. B. LeFra Young is
new superintendent of the Central Region
. . . Wendy J. Shapiro
takes over in the North Region.
In schools:
New principal assignments: Ernest
Angiolillo, Greenfield . . .
Joseph Beatty, Finletter
. . . Newton Brown, Olney
705 (Olney has been divided into two schools)
. . . Linda Cliatt-Wayman,
Rhodes . . . Carol Domb,
McCall . . . Donald Donley,
Lincoln . . . Glenn Douglas,
Levering . . . Karen Duckett,
Fox Chase . . . Franklin Gantz,
Comegys . . . Sterling Garrison,
Blaine . . . Gina Hubbard,
Greenberg . . . Andrea Ingram-Mayor,
Birney . . . Carolyn Jackson,
Martha Washington . . . Gina Kaplan,
Pennell . . . Deborah Lee,
Fulton . . . Sherry Lewis,
Jackson . . . Robin McCoy Wilkins,
Kenderton . . . Deborah McMonagle,
Hartranft . . . Roslynn Sample-Green,
Franklin Elementary . . . Allyssa
Schmitt, Mifflin . . . Aaron
Starke, Huey. (Last month’s
Newsflash
reported earlier principal announcements.)
In the city:
Jacqueline Barnett, senior
education policy adviser to Congressman
Chaka Fattah, is Mayor Street’s
Education Secretary. She replaces Debra
Kahn, who resigned the position
in July.
CORRECTION: Barbara McCreery remains at Bartram Communications (now, Communications Technology High School). The Notebook’s July/August Newsflash published the incorrect school for McCreery.
“Comings & Goings” is a feature of the Notebook Newsflash that reports personnel changes within the institutions and organizations that focus on public education in Philadelphia. We welcome any knowledge you’d like to share on recent or upcoming personnel moves. E-mail us at sheilas@thenotebook.org.