{"id":3992,"date":"2013-09-10T21:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T04:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2013-09-10T21:09:58","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T04:09:58","slug":"dps-intensifies-stapleton-hs-principal-search-after-realizing-local-candidates-all-sucked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=3992","title":{"rendered":"DPS Intensifies Stapleton HS Principal Search After Realizing Local Candidates All Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"\"<\/a>DPS along with the Stapleton Search Committee completed a three month local search for a candidate to become the Principal at the new Stapleton High School<\/a>. According to reports, DPS was looking for a candidate who met the following qualifications: forward-thinking approach, understanding of the community, desire to partner with parents, and ability to lead a strong team of educators. After the intensive search, DPS was unable to find a candidate that would be able to lead the new high school<\/a> in the top-notch Stapleton Community.\n\n\u201cWe definitely had some good candidates,\u201d said DPS search committee leader Jim Skaggs. \u201cBut good won\u2019t cut it in Stapleton. We need perfection, and anything less is considered unsatisfactory from our perspective.\u201d The committee has now widened its search to a national search. They feel that recruiting a principal from elsewhere in the country won\u2019t be hard because Stapleton is such a great community. \u201cI think anyone would be excited to work for DPS in the Stapleton community, especially with the challenges of building a new school,\u201d said Skaggs. \u201cThere are definitely some challenges, especially when you consider Colorado lags behind several states when it comes to paying teachers. But, what a pretty state we live in, huh?\u201d\nSome residents were surprised that a local candidate was not found. \u201cDenver and its suburbs have several high schools and junior highs in a community of over 2.6 million people,\u201d said concerned resident Tom Potter. \u201cWhat does it say about what they are looking for if they don\u2019t have any candidates for which they had a serious interest?\u201d Potter is also concerned about the remaining process of finding a principal. \u201cThey want to have a community forum so that community members can ask questions and even have input on the final decision. That is crazy. Principals aren\u2019t elected officials. I thought I elected officials to elect people to make these decisions? What\u2019s next? Will I get to interview candidates for Denver garbage men?\u201d\nOthers in the community are pleased to see DPS including them in the process. \u201cI think it is great,\u201d said Holly Marion. \u201cWe need to be involved every step of the way. The final candidates should be fully vetted. Background checks, transcripts, legal documents, everything should be fair game.\u201d Holly isn\u2019t at all concerned that this process could scare off good candidates. \u201cStapleton is so great, we will get the best possible candidates applying, and we will find the perfect principal for our community.\u201d DPS is planning for the new high school<\/a> to be open in the fall of 2015 provided they have a principal.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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