Interim Principal Named at Sussex Central HS
May 7th, 2008 by MLAt a special meeting on Tuesday, May 6, the Indian River Board of Education hired Robert Powell to serve as interim principal of Sussex Central High School for the remainder of the 2007-2008 school year. In addition, the board assigned Assistant Superintendent Gary Brittingham to the school for the remainder of the year.
“The Board of Education has put Sussex Central High School in good hands. Mr. Powell and Mr. Brittingham are competent and experienced administrators who will assure that the final six weeks of the school year run smoothly,” Superintendent Susan Bunting said. “We are especially pleased to have Mr. Powell back in our ranks. He is a talented educator who will work extremely hard to keep students and staff focused on instruction as the school year comes to a close.”
Powell spent 26 years as a teacher and administrator in the Indian River School District before retiring from the Woodbridge School District in 2005. He began as a health teacher at Selbyville Middle School in 1975 and received the district’s Teacher of the Year Award in 1980. That same year, he became assistant principal at Sussex Central Middle School and served in that capacity until 1989, when he was named the school’s principal. He was principal of Sussex Middle until 2001 and was named Delaware’s Principal of the Year in 1999. He accepted a principal’s position in the Woodbridge School District in 2001.
Powell has recently served as a hearing officer for the Indian River School District. He will begin his duties at Sussex Central High School on Thursday, May 8.
May 7th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Very good principal. This might have been the only good move made by a school board for awhile. Hopefully they won’t bring back an old principal to take over as the permanent principal after Powell. That would be Mr. Tim Slade. My kids used to come home and tell me about his Goodman like actions but it was always 18 yr olds. My kids went to middle school through Mr. Powell as principal and Mr Buckmaster as assistant and he did a great job. Hopefully they can get this school back on track to buying enough books for the kids to take home to do their homework, and make sure they prep the kids for college and real life. Right now that school is in a debacle.
May 8th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
This is a classic distraction on IRSD’s part … hire someone over here, to take your attention off of what’s been happening right here, right now. Sure, they need somebody else to fill Goodman’s shoes … no problem … that’s been solved temporarily … BUT,
One person doesn’t protect the kids in IRSD. It takes everybody to do that … including DR. BUNTING, THE SCHOOL BOARD, and all the members of DR. BUNTING’S cabinet.
Classic (and very predictable) distraction … don’t fall for it. Don’t.