"What USC researchers Henry Tran, Jessica McCormick and Trang Nguyen wanted to measure was the sheer financial impact of replacing a principal — both in terms of up-front budgetary needs and in terms of the money and time that could have been spent elsewhere."
Their study was published in the journal Management in Education this month.
We hope Superintendent Postlewait reads it!
The AVERAGE cost for each replacement was $24 thousand, but of the six districts studied, one clocked in at more than twice that amount. Don't you wonder where in SC that was? Hmmm.
Let's assume that the cost in CCSD is $30,000. That means that the Charter School for Math and Science has spent $300,000 in time and money over the last nine years. Sanders-Clyde spent $180,000 in eight years, and North Charleston High chewed up $240,000 in ten years.
The article doesn't even take into account the discouragement endured by teachers at those schools. No wonder teacher turnover is so prolific.
Have principals in the Charleston County School District once appointed been given the proverbial five years to make a positive difference in the schools' cultures? Not likely, when our superintendent wishes to shuffle them around like bank managers.
Bank manager, school principal--what's the difference?
The researchers go on to suggest that principal pay should be higher. If it is truly 24th in the nation, it's high enough already. Teachers' pay is nowhere near that rank for this state.
Money isn't the problem. It's the culture of constant change promoted by superintendents who churn positions in order to appear proactive.
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