Students at Warren, Michigan high school protest firing of principal

Hundreds of students demonstrated outside Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan Tuesday to protest the firing of their principal, Patrick Victor. The previous night the local school board voted 4-3 to not renew the contract of the popular principal.



According to students interviewed by the World Socialist Web Site the rationale for the dismissal centered on inadequate test scores...The protest began in the early morning and was joined by parents and teachers... Groups of students continued to picket the school in support of Victor until well into the afternoon. The school board summoned Warren police. There were no reports of arrests.

One school board trustee who opposed the firing told the Macomb Daily, “As far as I’m concerned the students and staff thought he was doing a great job and he was going above and beyond his normal duties.”

Students interviewed by the WSWS agreed. Jerica Kube, a senior at Lincoln, was outraged at the dismissal of Mr. Victor. “They say he is too easy, too nice, but he isn’t. He is just fair. He actually respects us.” “Yes,” said another student. “He knew you by name. He made it his business to know everyone.” A parent and school employee...said she opposed the firing. “I was threatened and told that if I talked to the media I would be fired.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/apr2010/warr-a22.shtml

Wait, we can't have someone in there treating those kids like humans! They are merely test scores.

Sounds like that school system needs a new board.

Julie