Bx HS teachers: Do you trust your principal?
The Learning Environment Surveys create another source of questionable data. However, many teachers do respond to direct questions about their principals. What follows are the results from almost every Bronx high school.
Question: “I trust the principal at his or her word”
Answers: “Strongly Agree” (10 pts), “Agree” (6.7 pts) “Disagree” (3.3 pts) or “Strongly Disagree” (0 pts).
Score: based on average response.
Percent: based on percent of answers “to a great extent” or “to some extent.”
The best: Score of 9 or higher, or 95% or higher, or both:
School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
Bronx Academy HS | Gary Eisinger | Transfer | 100% | 9.8 |
Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom HS | Nancy Mann | 100% | 9.6 | |
Bronx Community HS | Flora Greenaway | Transfer | 100% | 9.4 |
East Bronx Academy of the Future | Sarah Scrogin | 6-12 | 100% | 9.3 |
The Cinema School | Rex Bobbish | Monroe Campus, growing | 100% | 9.3 |
HS of American Studies | Alessandro Weiss | specialized | 96% | 9.3 |
Renaissance HS for Musical Theater and Tech | Maria Herrera | @ Lehman | 94% | 9.3 |
Crotona Academy HS | Anthony Harris | Transfer | 89% | 9.3 |
Validus Preparatory Academy | Brady Smith | 100% | 9.2 | |
Collegiate Institute for Math and Science | Estelle Hans | Columbus Campus | 100% | 9.1 |
Bronx Regional HS | Colin Thomas | Transfer | 95% | 8.9 |
Bronx Expeditionary Learning HS | D White | Taft Campus | 97% | 8.7 |
Bronx Career and College Preparatory HS | Kizhaya Roberts | growing | 100% | 8.6 |
Bronx Academy of Health Careers | Marvia Lindsay | 97% | 8.5 | |
Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics | Edward Tom | 95% | 8.3 | |
Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies | Charles Osewalt | Morris Campus | 97% | 7.8 |
The worst: Score of 5 or lower, or 50% or lower, or both:
School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
John F Kennedy HS | Lisa Luft | JFK Campus | 27% | 2.6 |
Bronx Early College Academy for Teaching and Learning | John Barnes | 6-12 | 25% | 2.8 |
Jane Addams HS for Academic Careers | Sharron Smalls | CTE | 28% | 2.8 |
Celia Cruz Bronx HS of Music | Willie Rodriguez | Walton Campus | 30% | 3.1 |
Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology | Richard Bost | Roosevelt Campus | 29% | 3.3 |
School for Community Research and Learning (SCRL) | John Tornifolio | Stevenson Campus | 24% | 3.5 |
Eximius College Preparatory Academy | Tammy Smith | was 6-12, phasing out MS | 43% | 3.6 |
Samuel Gompers CTE HS | Joyce Mills Kittrell | CTE | 37% | 3.8 |
Bronx HS of Science | Valerie Reidy | specialized | 38% | 3.8 |
Performance Conservatory HS | Eulynis Matthias Fridie | 38% | 3.9 | |
Gateway School for Environmental Research and Technology | Clifford Siegel | Stevenson Campus | 50% | 4.0 |
Health Opportunities HS | Carron Staple | 41% | 4.1 | |
Explorations Academy | Susana Hernandez | 32% | 4.2 | |
Monroe Academy for Business/Law (MABL) | Charles Ogundimu | Monroe Campus | 50% | 4.2 |
Pan American International HS | Bridgit Claire Bye | Monroe Campus, growing | 45% | 4.4 |
Academy for Language and Teaching | Arisleyda Urena | 46% | 4.5 | |
Fordham HS for the Arts | Iris Blige | Roosevelt Campus | 42% | 4.7 |
Theatre Arts Production Company School (TAPCO) | Lynn Passarella | 6-12 | 47% | 4.7 |
Bronx Aerospace | Barbara Kirkweg | Evander Campus | 55% | 4.7 |
Holcombe L Rucker School of Community Research | Sharif Rucker | 62% | 4.8 | |
Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School | Rahesha Amon | 6-12 | 57% | 4.9 |
Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy | Lori O’Mara | 6-12 | 57% | 4.9 |
Bronx Guild | Sam Decker | Stevenson Campus | 50% | 5.0 |
Academy for Scholarship and Entrepeneurship | Zenobia White | 6-12 | 56% | 5.0 |
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School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
HS for Teaching and the Professions | Gary Prince | Walton Campus | 94% | 8.8 |
Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports | Johanny Garcia | 93% | 8.4 | |
The Metropolitan HS | Carla Theodorou | 94% | 8.3 | |
Grace Dodge CTE HS | Robert Hernandez | CTE | 87% | 8.3 |
Bronx Lab School | Christopher Lagares | Evander Campus | 93% | 8.2 |
Pelham Preparatory Academy | Jane Aronoff | Columbus Campus | 93% | 8.1 |
Bronx International HS | Joaquin Vega | Morris Campus | 94% | 8.0 |
Bronx Leadership Academy HS | Kenneth Gaskins | 90% | 8.0 | |
Urban Assembly Academy for History and Citizenship for Young Men | Avis Terrell | Taft Campus | 88% | 8.0 |
New Day Academy | Mara Ganeles | 6-12 | 90% | 7.8 |
Community School for Social Justice | Sue-Ann Rosch | 88% | 7.8 | |
Discovery HS | Rolando Rivera | Walton Campus | 87% | 7.8 |
Marble Hill HS for International Studies | Kirsten Larson | JFK Campus | 89% | 7.7 |
Bronx HS for Medical Science | William Quintana | Taft Campus | 88% | 7.7 |
Banana Kelly HS | Joshua Laub | 86% | 7.7 | |
Bronx Health Sciences HS | Miriam Rivas | @ Truman | 85% | 7.7 |
Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International | Panorea Panagiosoulis | Roosevelt Campus | 83% | 7.7 |
DeWitt Clinton HS | Geraldine Ambrosio | 88% | 7.6 | |
Astor Collegiate Academy | Sandra Burgos | Columbus Campus | 83% | 7.6 |
New Explorers HS | Jacob Hobson | 86% | 7.5 | |
University Heights Secondary School | Hazel Joseph Roseboro | South Bronx Campus | 85% | 7.5 |
Eagle Academy for Young Men | Jonathan Foy | 81% | 7.5 | |
HS for Contemporary Arts | Francisco Sanchez | Evander Campus | 86% | 7.4 |
Bronx HS for the Visual Arts | George York | 84% | 7.4 | |
Monroe Academy for Visual Arts and Design (MAVAD) | Richard Massel | Monroe Campus | 82% | 7.4 |
Foreign Language Academy of Global Studies | Leba Collins Augone | 79% | 7.4 | |
School for Excellence | Carmen Bardeguez | Morris Campus | 79% | 7.4 |
The Marie Curie School for Medicine, Nursing, and Health Professions | Rodney Fisher | 82% | 7.3 | |
Bronx Latin | Leticia Pineiro | 6-12 | 81% | 7.3 |
Millenium Art Academy | Maxine Nodel | Stevenson Campus | 85% | 7.2 |
Green Dot NY Charter School | Ashish Kapadia | Charter | 84% | 7.2 |
Wings Academy | Wayne Cox | 81% | 7.2 | |
International School for Liberal Arts | Migdalia Carrillo | Walton Campus, 6-12 | 79% | 7.2 |
Belmont Preparatory HS | Stephen Gumbs | Roosevelt Campus | 86% | 7.1 |
Hyde Leadership Charter School | Betsy Olney | K-12, 6-10 surveyed | 82% | 7.1 |
International Leadership Charter School | Elaine Ruiz Lopez | Charter, growing | 82% | 7.1 |
HS for Violin and Dance | Franklin Sim | Morris Campus | 79% | 7.1 |
Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice | Meisha Ross-Porter | 6-12 | 78% | 7.1 |
Bronx Prep Charter School | Jacqueline King-Robinson | Charter, growing | 84% | 7.0 |
Harry S Truman HS | Sana Nasser | 80% | 7.0 | |
South Bronx Preparatory | Ellen Reddon Flanagan | 6-12 | 79% | 7.0 |
HS of Computers and Technology | Bruce Abramowitz | Evander Campus | 78% | 6.9 |
Christopher Columbus HS | Lisa Fuentes | Columbus Campus | 77% | 6.9 |
Hostos-Lincoln Academy of Science | Nicholas Paarlberg | 6-12 | 85% | 6.8 |
Mott Haven Village Preparatory Academy | Flavia Puello Perdomo | South Bronx Campus | 81% | 6.8 |
Bronx Academy of Letters | Anna Hall | 6-12 | 79% | 6.8 |
Bronx School of Law and Finance | Evan Schwartz | JFK Campus | 78% | 6.8 |
Bronx Theatre HS | Deborah Effinger | JFK Campus | 74% | 6.8 |
Kingsbridge International HS | Ronald Newlon | Walton Campus | 71% | 6.8 |
Providing Urban Learners Success in Education (PULSE) HS | Carol Wiggins | Transfer | 81% | 6.7 |
The Bronxwood Preparatory Academy | Janet Gallardo | 75% | 6.7 | |
Women’s Academy of Excellence | Arnette Crocker | 74% | 6.7 | |
International Community HS | Berena Cabarcas | 73% | 6.7 | |
Bronx Haven HS | Lucinda Mendez | @ Smith, Transfer | 70% | 6.7 |
West Bronx Academy for the Future | Wilper Morales | Roosevelt Campus, 6-12 | 67% | 6.7 |
Leadership Institute | Marta Colon | 65% | 6.7 | |
Jonathan Levin HS for Media and Communication | Nasib Hoxha | Taft Campus | 81% | 6.6 |
Pablu Neruda Academy for Architrecture and World Studies | Sabrina Cook | Stevenson Campus | 70% | 6.6 |
HS of World Cultures | Ramon Namnun | Monroe Campus | 74% | 6.5 |
Bronx HS for Writing and Communication Arts | Steven Chernigoff | Evander Campus | 77% | 6.4 |
Jill Chaifetz Transfer HS | Anne Fennelly | Transfer | 75% | 6.4 |
Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy | Karalyne Sperling | JFK Campus | 69% | 6.3 |
Urban Assembly School for Applied Math and Science | Kenneth Baum | 6-12 | 68% | 6.3 |
Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute for Law and Public Service | Grismaldy Laboy-Wilson | 57% | 6.3 | |
Bronx HS for Law and Community Service | Michael Barakat | Roosevelt Campus | 81% | 6.1 |
NYC Charter HS for Architecture and Engineering | Eugene Foley | Charter, growing | 63% | 6.1 |
In-Tech Academy | Yvette Allen | 6-12 | 63% | 5.9 |
Schomburg Satellite Academy | Marsha Vernon | Transfer | 61% | 5.9 |
Peace and Diversity Academy | Andrew Turay | 60% | 5.8 | |
Herbert H Lehman HS | Janet Saraceno | 66% | 5.7 | |
Mott Hall Bronx HS | David Tinagero | 55% | 5.7 | |
New World HS | Fausto Salazar | 63% | 5.6 | |
Dreamyard Preparatory School | Rod Bowen | Taft Campus | 60% | 5.3 |
Alfred E Smith | Rene Casanova | CTE | 56% | 5.2 |
Bronx HS of Business | Enrique Lizardi | Taft Campus | 56% | 5.2 |
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