When Gwendolyn Kirkland took over Fulton, the interim principal immediately stepped into controversy.
Other principals complained that the gig at the K-8 school in the southeastern San Diego neighborhood of Bay Terraces was never advertised to anyone else.
Many months later, as the school searched for a permanent leader this spring, teachers began to worry that Kirkland had an edge once again. Fulton teachers and parents grilled and scored the candidates. Then their choices got tossed out after Kirkland didn't do well. They were told to do it all over again.
