{"id":4420,"date":"2014-01-08T23:11:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2014-01-08T23:11:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:11:55","slug":"stapleton-high-school-ends-most-exhaustive-principal-search-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4420","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton High School Ends Most Exhaustive Principal Search Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"new<\/a>The search for the Stapleton High School principal began locally<\/a>, but soon became a global search attempting to find the greatest principal ever, who would be the only principal qualified for the Stapleton job. Late last March, the committee decided to go global with its search efforts, and invited 51 candidates to Stapleton from around the globe. Most were US candidates, but there was one from India, and others from Germany, Finland, two candidates from Japan, and one from England. In the end, like in world wars, the United States prevailed.\n\nThe search committee decided to go with New Yorker, Avi Tropper. Tropper has experience in founding high schools focused on innovative academic and student support programs. For more on Tropper\u2019s qualifications and background, read this month\u2019s Front Porch<\/a>. Tropper acknowledges that New York City and Stapleton in Denver both present their own challenges. \u201cIn New York, for many of the public schools, we have to work to get parents involved,\u201d says Tropper. \u201cIn Stapleton, I can already see that one of my main challenges will to get parents a little less involved. So, just opposite sides of the same coin.\u201d\nTropper says he will do his best to be available to people in the community, but please limit phone calls, emails, and texts to once a day. \u201cI want to get back to everyone, and certainly respect people\u2019s opinions,\u201d said Tropper. \u201cBut our team will need a little space to get things going, and people will need to have a little faith in us.\u201d Tropper has yet to confess to being a Yankees fan, which he may not do until everything is going in the right direction.\nIn addition to Tropper\u2019s work in New York City\u2019s Department of Education, Tropper has been a Dean of Students, a teacher, and an Assistant Principal. Other qualifications for Tropper include:\n\n\n