This is my first year in this school. The first kids whose names I got to know, of course, were those kids who were continually sent to the office for the first month of school. It's easy to forget that that's only 5 percent. It can bog your day down. The principal shortage is something that we're struggling with.
Principal accountability is another huge issue.
When you're dealing with a national organization, you've got 50 different entities who look at it differently. For instance, in the state of Kentucky, all principals' contracts are tied to the superintendent's contract. If he gets fired, you have no job. Everybody's looking at test scores and what they can do to raise student achievement. School violence is a huge issue.