Principal
Director of Operations
Dean of Humanities + 8th Grade
STEM Dean + 7th Grade
Director of Supporting Services + 8th Grade Dean
Director of Programming & Community Partnerships
Social Worker
Operations Manager
School Aide
School Aide
Culture Associate
ENL & Literacy Intervention
Math Intervention
Director of After School
ELA
Math
Science
Supporting Services
ELA
Math
Science
Supporting Services
ELA
Math
Science
Supporting Services
Power to the People
Life Skills
PE & Health
Art
The principles we were building our school on, presented something potentially huge in education reform. These principles-parental choice, freedom to operate in a manner consistent with the needs of specific children, parent involvement, longer school days and a longer school year, merit compensation for teachers-could be a game changer for children of poverty. It was the growing sense of this possibility that re-energized us and gave us the strength to push on, for as long as necessary.
We both shared a common and basic belief: families of means can afford to send their children to private schools or relocate to an affluent neighborhood where public schools have greater resources. The poor cannot. We recoiled against this injustice. We made it our own struggle.