Demand to rescind offer to proposed new principal at Benjamin E. Mays High School
A transformational, turnaround principal is necessary to improve school performance
Executive Summary
o Approximately 14% of Mays students are considered college and career ready
o Approximately 86% of Mays students scored in the beginner (majority) and developing categories
o 2-star rating - Mays 2018 climate score (scale is 1-5 with 5 as the highest)
o Enrollment at Mays has significantly decreased since 2014
o Relationships in the building are dysfunctional
o Structure and processes are absent in the building
o No one denies that Benjamin E. Mays High School is in crisis
To paraphrase Dr. Carstarphen when she was selling the public on giving Thomasville Heights Elementary School to Purpose Built Schools – We are out of run-way – we cannot wait to help the children.
The majority of students at Mays are behind grade level. It is unacceptable and academically abusive to allow for Mays students to fall further behind as they wait for the proposed principal to learn her new position as principal and a new school system. Mays students require a better solution.
We are demanding the Atlanta Board Of Education:
● Remove the proposed principal from consideration as the next principal of Mays.
● Use a model of assigning a proven turnaround principal. This model has proven success within APS to improve performance of a bottom tier school.
● Appoint a proven leader as principal. The proposed principal has no experience as a principal of an entire school. She cannot execute the principal role effectively from the start because of her lack of experience as a principal.
The students can not wait for the proposed principal to ramp up in the position.
Sign the petition today!
