School Beat: Honoring Our PrincipalsLisa Schiffbyline‚ May. 01‚ 2008Principals are the unsung heroes of public schools, individuals who can literally make or break a school. A strong principal with a clear vision, a rich store of knowledge and experience about the theoretical and practical aspects of education, a facility for dealing with a wide-variety of people with nuance and compassion is someone who can transform schools from institutions to second homes. Last Friday, Mayor Gavin Newsom recognized four such individuals at each of the academic levels by giving them the newly created Mayor’s Principal of the Year Award: |