5 S.F. school principals under fire Onetime Paul Revere Elementary School student Charlotte Allen, a supporter of Principal Lance Tagomori, stands with her children, Xavier, a student there now, and Pamela-Joyce, who will attend next year.  View More Images (2)MORE EDUCATIONFive principals at the helm of struggling San Francisco schools will be forced within the next few weeks to make a gut-wrenching choice: Fight for their jobs - a battle that could cost their schools millions of dollars - or leave. Last week, the principals found out their sites had been placed on the state's list of schools that are persistently the lowest-performing. Statewide, 188 schools are on the list, and each one can qualify for up to $2 million annually in federal grants for the next three years. But in exchange, they must undergo a major overhaul, starting with naming a new principal. The schools have less than five months to come up with a reform plan, apply for the funding, and put everything in place by the first day of school in the fall. It's a tight timeline that has school communities of educators, parents and students being |
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