Word on the street is that the principal "jacked up" a kid on the first floor in front of students and teachers on Friday, threatening him and leaping over the line of acceptable behavior. As one witness said, it was clear that he was not acting in the favor of the well-being of the school or the student in that instance.

These emotional, spur-of-the-moment reactions by the principal have become commonplace. He does not handle crisis well. In fact, he tends to make it worse and do things that you'd do out on the streets rather than as principal of an illustrious high school. One of my favorite examples occured during baseball season after practice. According to students there, long story short, our "beloved" principal challenged a player that had just had money stolen, and had fought to get it back, to a fight. Now, this is something that you would expect from another school with another ignorant principal, not City, but no one is exempt from the screwed up reality that is life with an incompetent administration.

This would be an amazing school with competent leadership. An amazing school.