JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In the latest move designed to increase academic achievement in the turnaround schools, Duval County Public Schools on Tuesday announced several staff changes in support of these schools.
Addison Davis and Dr. Lillie Granger were named as executive directors in the secondary turnaround cluster. Davis was most recently the principal at Terry Parker High School and has a proven track record for improving schools. Dr. Granger, a former DCPS administrator and consultant for the University of Florida Lastinger Center, also has extensive experience assisting high-needs schools.
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Debbie Sapp, the current Principal at Garden City Elementary School has been promoted to executive director in the elementary turnaround cluster. Ms. Sapp is on a one-year assignment in this position to work with schools that went significantly backwards.
Scott Snyder, a former assistant principal at Ribault and Robert E. Lee high schools will return to DCPS and assume the role of principal at Terry Parker High School.
Aszloyn Wakefield, the assistant principal at Louis Sheffield Elementary will become the principal at Garden City Elementary School.
Superintendent Ed Pratt-Dannals will also be recommending to the School Board an expansion of the current Educational Directions LLC contract to include the district?s three new Intervene high schools: A. Philip Randolph, Ed White and Forrest.
?We are aggressively working toward increased academic progress in our Turnaround schools, and these changes will help us pursue success and restore them as a crown jewel of the community," Pratt-Dannals said. ?I?ve chosen staff that I know can have a high impact in a critically short amount of time.?