Brooklyn HS principal becoming Bergtraum’s executive principal
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the city’s plan to hire as many as eight executive principals, each with a $25,000 bonus, for next year.
Now thanks to a helpful commenter and confirmation from the Department of Education, we know who at least one of them is. The principal of ACORN Community High School, Andrea Lewis, is leaving to become the interim acting executive principal of Murry Bergtraum High School in lower Manhattan. As an executive principal, she’ll receive a $25,000 yearly bonus for agreeing to lead the struggling school for at least three years.
Lewis took over at Acorn Community in 2003 and described herself to InsideSchools — a parent-focused guide to the city’s public schools — as “a very procedure-driven person.” In the last three years, the school’s city-
Now thanks to a helpful commenter and confirmation from the Department of Education, we know who at least one of them is. The principal of ACORN Community High School, Andrea Lewis, is leaving to become the interim acting executive principal of Murry Bergtraum High School in lower Manhattan. As an executive principal, she’ll receive a $25,000 yearly bonus for agreeing to lead the struggling school for at least three years.
Lewis took over at Acorn Community in 2003 and described herself to InsideSchools — a parent-focused guide to the city’s public schools — as “a very procedure-driven person.” In the last three years, the school’s city-
