HPISD Announces Yet Another Retirement

Two weeks ago, it was Ben Coker. Last week, it was Mary Richey. As of 30 minutes ago, it’s Bradfield Elementary School principal Gloria McNutt, who has been leading her campus since 1998.

Meanwhile, Superintendent Dawson Orr sent out another column last night about the district’s budget crunch. Is it a coincidence that all these big salaries are coming off the books at the same time?

By Dan Koller Apr. 8, 2011 | 10:30 am | 11 Comments | Comments RSS
11 comments to "HPISD Announces Yet Another Retirement"
  1. Pigskinnie @ April 9, 2011 at 1:40 pm
    Dan, I think you are on to something.

  2. AMD @ April 9, 2011 at 5:30 pm
    Does this perhaps mean we’re going to shared principals at the elementary schools?

  3. bm @ April 9, 2011 at 8:45 pm
    AMD,

    How about ONE principal at MIS?

  4. HPHS Mom @ April 10, 2011 at 9:11 am
    @AMD It means young principals with much lower salaries.

    @bm There has been one principal at MIS/HPMS since 2005, when Kimbroly Pool retired.

  5. Sportmom @ April 10, 2011 at 8:56 pm
    Interesting that one cost saving measure was cutting athletic buses, but don’t we have ace fees to cover them????

  6. DemBones @ April 10, 2011 at 10:13 pm
    @HPHS Mom. I think s/he meant MIS should have its own principal, separate from the HPMS principal, but I like it the way it is now
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  7. M @ April 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm
    There are no coincidences.

  8. Forever a Belle '93 @ April 12, 2011 at 7:57 pm
    Hmmmm. A very interesting “coincidence”, Dan. Plus the “resignation” of Highland Belles Director Christie Crummel. And I say that meaning a forced resignation. There is something in the new water.

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  10. E @ April 15, 2011 at 10:12 am
    Re the above post …. I’m sure Lake Highlands is great and speaks well that the LH parents are worried … but I really don’t want to turn Highland Park into the “Lake Highlands ISD” Walter Kelly has been enough for me … I hear their drill team director left, too. Google one of their performances … nothing near the quality of the Belles. We just need clones of Jeremy Gilbert (Hyer) throughout the district. That guy knows what he is doing … runs a good ship and is all about the kids!

  11. Jay @ April 16, 2011 at 1:58 am
    re the above post Jeremy Gilbert is from LH Wallace Elem,before HP stole him.

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