Principals

By Dave Feenstra
MASSP President

AT&T High School Success
Special Grants Program

Overview
In April 2008, the AT&T Foundation launched a new grant program
focused on high school success for at-risk students. The program will
direct funds to eligible nonprofit organizations and schools across the
country and offers two types of grants:

Does your school have an outstanding leader who deserves recognition? Nominate your Principal, Assistant Principal, or Administrator for the 2008 MASSP Principal of the Year Award!

Is Your School Safe?

Download the PDF below, then fill out the checklist to see your school's safety strengths and weaknessess.

The attached is a report from Achieve, Inc.

In Md., Teed About Principal's Golf Cart
Some Question Need, Expense
By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 29, 2008; B01
The redesigned $87 million Richard Montgomery High School, flagship of the Montgomery County school system, occupies a building that's as long as two football fields. So Moreno Carrasco, the principal, decided to purchase a golf cart to help him get around.
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Senate Republicans tied a rock to the ankles of Gov. Jennifer GRANHOLM's latest education reform ideas, but Democrats and Republicans alike supported a School Aid Fund (SAF) budget today that bumps up the state's payment to local school districts between $108 and $216 a student, setting the funding floor at $7,346 a child.

In an appearance on January 7 marking the sixth anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), President Bush said that he had instructed U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to move forward on reforms that she can do through the administrative process, should Congress fail to reauthorize NCLB.