Reply #63: In our county failed teachers often got promoted to principal.

[madfloridian]

Demoted upstairs. I had a couple of great ones through the years, but one was so bad they kept firing her and hiring her back when she threatened lawsuits. One incident was so bad the principal called to tattle on herself to the county superintendent. He then called the teacher and pleaded with her to file charges, grievances. Yeh, right. She was trying to survive until retirement. Filing a grievance against a principal they couldn't fire..impossible.

There are many good principals, many of them are close friends. But there are some lousy ones still.