Huron Expositor, 2000-04-05, Page 3News
Principal transfered
Changes are normal process followed by board
He , also- said both the
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
The .transfer of Seaforth
Public Schroil's principal and
vice-principal is part of a
normal- process. not related to
the closure of Seati►nh District
High School. :•
"We look authe overall
needs of the system." said
Lorne Rachlis.-director of
education.
• ..Principal Lorne Rideout has
been transferred to Mitchell
'Public School and vicc-
principal. Bill Tcall has been
transferred to Hensall Public
School. -
Rachlis said- they hook at 'a
mintier of factors that lead to
Principal shuffles each year.
For example. •if someone is -
heing promoted to a position
as principal. administration
might move a more
experienced principaltoa
• larger school and place the
new principal. in the smaller. .
school for his or. her first time
out. •
• Rachli_s saidthey look at
requests frim principals and
try to match their staffing with
(14 Ierertt circumstances such
as whether or not they tit the
profiles of what eat.* school's
parent advisory council has
set out in -the profiles for the
type of principal that
committee believes ' is
appropriate for that school.
Hcsaid they leave room tor'
principals'• professional.
growth and that principals will
sometimes -ask for transfers.
-Rachlis would not -comment
on the specific reasons- for
trtg Ridcout-orTeall.
"1'm not going to talk about
individual purple." he said.
-There .tri Sonne;matters that
aro: simply not public. We
•
Quoted
'It's time for me
to move on to
another
school,' --
Lorne Rideout, '
principal at Seaforth
Public School
-don't give out personal
information." _
And • although staff and
administration transfers are
personal rnattcrs that don't
have to he made public.
Rideout shared -his rea.ons
with The -Expositor on
Monday.• •
"I have spent live year, at
Seaforth Public School: I have
enjoyed all five," he said:
But he generaIIs transfers
.from one school. to -another
-ah out every five years.
He has -about live years tilt
before .he retires and thought
this was the appropriate_ time
to request a transfer and -.tan
again at a new school.
• "It's time for me to move on
tri another schrx►I: ' he said. •
He believes she has inade a
significant contribution to
'Seaforth Puhlic Schaal.
particularly -in • prirgrarrr
-change, and how the school
functions.
"I'm looking for nese•
challenges... he .aid. adding .
the tract that':he is 'being .
transferred to Mitchell at the
same time Seaforth Public
School • -k clo,tnt
coincidental.
"I look Iorvard tt, piing. on
to the new -challenges they
hav'c there.'- he said.
parents and community have.
been. supportive of his coons
in the tite vicars he has
worked in Scaforth. .
- Kevin Snmh, principal at
. • King Lear Public School in
Strattord will he taking on the
challenge of developing' the
new school 'in Seali►nh as the
elementary school is
transferred to Seaforth District
High Schoul.and the high
school students arc moved tri
'schools rn • surrounding
iomrnunities.
' • tle', look trig .forward to
the challenges of basically`
creating, a new schrKrl:' said
Rachlis. "Ile secs this as a
tremendous r,rppr►nunity."
Smith :has already been to
the school for a tour and tri
bcern getting to know us'statt
and Rachlis said.. '-Hc has the •
kind of enthusiasm we truli
appreciate:"
_ ' Smith will serve as chair on
it transition colnrnl(ee soon to
rhe formed at the \choo1•i
serve' •as - an • advisor
committee to the school
.board: -
The- committee. -which wolf.-
include parents from all the
schoirls affected by the
changes,tncludine Walton
Public Shoirl and Huron
Centennial `School.. will makc
recommendations to thc-tx,ard
on many areas from howl
commencement will he,
handled for•the tirade fis.tr,
• whether ornot to create an
archive -of historical material
trona the schools that are
s°lo.in�.
.Also among the prrncpal
-changes is a move for J.im
Moorefrom the do -ono
SeaAuth District High Schroil
•Bluetvatcr .Secondary
nearGodench. '
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