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Woodlawn High principal turnover continues.
Byline: Liz F. Kay
May 30--Two years ago, Daric V. Jackson was brought to Woodlawn High School to turn around a school with years of lagging test scores. He was the fourth principal in less than a decade to accept the mission.
Next fall, classes at Woodlawn will begin under new leadership once again. Jackson has been transferred to a middle school, three of Woodlawn's five assistant principals have been replaced, and some wonder when a leadership team will be around long enough to see the school show significant improvement. "If every two years you're changing the principal, I think you're adding to the problem," said James Morant, first vice president of Woodlawn's PTSA. "I thought for Mr. Jackson, another year would have made a difference." Cheryl Bost, president of the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, agreed that continuity is valuable - when school leaders are successful.
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