Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) Announces Staff Changes for Turnaround Schools
Jacksonville
– In order to increase academic achievement in
the Turnaround Schools, DCPS’ has announced
several staff changes in the Turnaround Clusters
to enhance the support of these schools.
Addison Davis and Dr. Lillie Granger
have been named as executive directors in the Secondary
Turnaround Cluster. Davis was most recently the Principal at
Terry Parker High School and has a proven track record for
improving schools. Dr. Granger, a former DCPS administrator and
consultant for the University of Florida Lastinger Center also
has extensive experience assisting high-needs schools.
Debbie Sapp, the current Principal at
Garden City Elementary School has been promoted to executive
director in the Elementary Turnaround Cluster. Ms. Sapp is on a
one-year assignment in this position to work with schools that
went significantly backwards.
Other changes include:
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Scott Snyder, a former Assistant Principal
at Ribault and Robert E. Lee high schools will
return to DCPS and assume the role of Principal
at Terry Parker High School.
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Aszloyn Wakefield, the Assistant Principal
at Louis Sheffield Elementary will become the
Principal at Garden City Elementary School.
Superintendent Pratt-Dannals will
also be recommending to the School Board an expansion of the
current Educational Directions, LLC contract to include the
district’s three new Intervene high schools, A. Philip Randolph,
Ed White and Forrest.
“We are aggressively working toward
increased academic progress in our Turnaround schools, and these
changes will help us pursue success and restore them as a crown
jewel of the community, said Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals.
“I’ve chosen staff that I know can have a high impact in a
critically short amount of time.”
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