Manhattan HS Teachers: Is your principal competent?
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 Manhattan high school.
Question: “The Principal is an effective manager who makes the school run smoothly”
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 |
| Urban Academy Laboratory HS | Herb Mack | transfer | 100% | 9.8 |
| Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School | Brett Kimmel | 6 to 12 | 100% | 9.6 |
| Louis D. Brandeis HS | Arleen Liquori | 100% | 9.5 | |
| Harlem Village Academy Leadership Charter School | Sam Fragomeni | 6 to 12 Charter School | 100% | 9.5 |
| East Side community School | Mark Federman | 6 to 12 | 98% | 9.3 |
| Satellite Academy HS | Steven Zbaida | transfer | 100% | 9.2 |
| HS M560-City as School | Alan Cheng | transfer | 100% | 9.2 |
| Central Park East HS | Bennett Lieberman | 100% | 9.2 | |
| Coalition School for Social Change | Sheldon Young | 97% | 9.2 | |
| Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day HS | Michael Toise | transfer | 97% | 9.1 |
| Harlem Village Academy Charter School | Laurie Warner/Ray Ankrum | 6 to 12 Charter School | 97% | 9.0 |
| Vanguard HS | Louis Delgado | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 94% | 9.0 |
| James Baldwin School: A School for Expedition | Elijah Hawkes | transfer, HS for Humanities Ed Campus | 100% | 8.9 |
| Cascades HS | Paul Rotondo | transfer | 100% | 8.9 |
| Bard HS Early College | Michael Lerner | 97% | 8.9 | |
| City College Academy of the Arts | Bernadette Drysdale | 6 to 12 | 100% | 8.8 |
| The HS of Fashion Industries | Daryl Blank | 98% | 8.8 | |
| Forsyth Satellite Academy | Ingrid Roberts Haynes | transfer | 100% | 8.7 |
| Lower East Side Preparatory HS | Martha Polin | transfer | 98% | 8.3 |
| Institute for Collaborative Education | John Pettinato | 6 to 12 | 96% | 8.1 |
| Life Sciences Secondary School | Genevieve Stanislaus | 6 to 12 | 95% | 8.1 |
| Manhattan Bridges HS | Mirza Sanchez Medina | Park West Campus | 95% | 8.0 |
The worst: Score of 5 or lower, or 50% or lower, or both:
| School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
| The Urban Assembly School for Green Careers | Alexandra Rathmann-Noonan | only 6 teachers responded | 0% | 1.7 |
| Independence HS | Ron Smolkin | transfer | 22% | 2.8 |
| Community Health Academy of the Heights | Stephania Vu | 6 to 12 | 22% | 2.8 |
| Urban Assembly Academy of Government and Law | David Glasner | Seward Park Campus | 13% | 2.9 |
| HS of Arts and Technology | Anne Geiger | MLK Campus | 35% | 3.0 |
| NYC Museum School | Darlene Miller | 36% | 3.1 | |
| Heritage School | Luis Alberto Duany | 19% | 3.2 | |
| Urban Assembly School for the Performing Arts | Fia Davis | 34% | 3.2 | |
| The Opportunity Charter School | Marya Baker | 6 to 12 Charter School | 34% | 3.5 |
| Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics | Jose David Jimenez | 34% | 3.6 | |
| A. Philip Randolph HS | Henry Rubio | Campus, 9-10 | 28% | 3.7 |
| Repertory Company HS for Theatre Arts | Michael Mehmet, Jr | 30% | 3.7 | |
| Talent Unlimited HS | Linda Hamil | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 37% | 3.7 |
| Landmark HS | Trevor Naidoo | 38% | 4.1 | |
| Harvey Milk HS | Alan Nolan | transfer | 56% | 4.1 |
| Manhattan Theatre Lab HS | Evelyn Collins | MLK Campus | 54% | 4.2 |
| Liberty HS for Newcomers | Melodee Khristan | transfer | 44% | 4.5 |
| Murry Bergtraum HS for Business Careers | Andrea Lewis | 51% | 4.5 | |
| Wadleigh Secondary School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Herma Hall | 6 to 12 | 51% | 4.6 |
| Marta Valle HS | Mimi Fortunato | 55% | 4.6 | |
| Academy of Environmentasl Sci | Irma Garceau | 42% | 4.7 | |
| Henry Street School for International Studies | Erin Balet | 6 to 12 | 50% | 4.7 |
| Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis HS | Edward Demeo | 55% | 4.8 | |
| Humanities Preparatory Academy | Julie Conason | transfer, HS for Humanities Ed Campus | 50% | 5.0 |
| HS for Arts, Imagination and Inquiry | Stephen Noonan | MLK Campus | 48% | 5.3 |
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| School | Principal | Note | Yes | Score |
| Hudson HS of Learning Techologies | Nancy Amling | 90% | 8.7 | |
| HS of Hospitality Management | Matthew Corallo | Park West Campus | 89% | 8.5 |
| HS for Excellence and Innovation | Tyona Washington | transfer | 84% | 8.5 |
| JS of Economics and Finance | Michael Stanzione | 91% | 8.4 | |
| Urban Assembly for Media Studies | Cordelia Veve | MLK Campus | 88% | 8.4 |
| Young Women’s Leadership School | Althea Bradshaw-Tyson | 6 to 12 | 87% | 8.4 |
| Manhattan/Hunter Science HS | Susan Kreisman | MLK Campus | 92% | 8.3 |
| Facing History School | Gillian Smith | Park West Campus | 94% | 8.1 |
| Professinal Performing Arts HS | Keith Ryan | 6 to 12 | 91% | 8.1 |
| HS for Law and Public Service | Nicholas Politis | GW Campus | 89% | 8.1 |
| NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies | Brooke Jackson | 91% | 8.0 | |
| Bayard Rustin Ed Complex | Lisa Ostrom | Campus, 9-10 | 84% | 8.0 |
| Manhattan Village Academy | Hector Geager | 93% | 7.8 | |
| Essex Street Academy | Erin Carstensen | 93% | 7.8 | |
| Leadership and Public Service HS | Lawrence Pendergast | 87% | 7.8 | |
| The Global Learning Collaborative | Jennifer Zinn | 94% | 7.7 | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt HS | Dimitri Saliani | 87% | 7.7 | |
| Pace HS | Yvette Sy | 86% | 7.6 | |
| Gregorio Luperon HS | Juan Villar | 81% | 7.6 | |
| HS for International Business and Finance | Peter Sloman | GW Campus | 90% | 7.5 |
| Chelsea CTE High School | Brian Rosenbloom | 88% | 7.5 | |
| HS for Health Careers and Sciences | Harris Marmor | GW Campus | 83% | 7.5 |
| HS for Health Professions and Human Services | Robert Gentile | 81% | 7.5 | |
| Lower Manhattan Arts Academy | John Wenk | Seward Park Campus | 84% | 7.4 |
| Food and Finance HS | Roger Turgeon | Park West Campus | 88% | 7.3 |
| Legacy School for Integrated Studies | Joan Mosely | 80% | 7.1 | |
| Manhattan International HS | Alan Krull | Julia Richman Ed Campus | 86% | 7.0 |
| Millennium HS | Robert Rhodes | 81% | 7.0 | |
| NYC iSchool | Alisa Berger | 83% | 6.9 | |
| Choir Academy of Harlem | A. Ellen Parris | 6 to 12 | 79% | 6.8 |
| HS for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice | Miriam Nightengale | MLK Campus | 76% | 6.8 |
| Emma Lazarus HS | Melody Kellogg | transfer | 76% | 6.7 |
| Frank McCourt HS | Danielle Salzberg | 75% | 6.7 | |
| John V. Linsay Wildcat Academy Charter School | Ron Tabano/Marc Donald | Charter Transfer | 74% | 6.7 |
| KIPP S.T.A.R Charter School | Orpheus Williams/Natalie Webb | 6 to 12 Charter School | 66% | 6.7 |
| Renaissance Charter HS for Innovation | Nicholas Tishuk | Charter School | 81% | 6.5 |
| Mott Hall HS | Altagracia Villalona | 77% | 6.5 | |
| HS for Dual Language and Asian Studies | Li Yan | Seward Park Campus | 76% | 6.5 |
| HS for Media and Communications | Ronni Michelen | GW Campus | 75% | 6.5 |
| HS of Graphic Communication Arts | Jerod Resnick | 73% | 6.5 | |
| Harlem Renaissance HS | Nadav Zeimer | transfer | 62% | 6.5 |
| Bread and Roses Integrated Arts HS | Rodney Lofton | 87% | 6.4 | |
| Stuyvesant HS | Stanley Teitel | Specialized | 75% | 6.4 |
| Beacon HS | Ruth Lacey | 74% | 6.4 | |
| Park East HS | Kevin McCarthy | 72% | 6.4 | |
| Fiorello LaGuardia HS of MUsic & Art | Kim Bruno | Specialized | 66% | 6.4 |
| New Design HS | Scott Conti | Seward Park Campus | 73% | 6.2 |
| American Sign Language and Secondary School | Watfa Shama | 6 to 12 | 60% | 6.2 |
| University Neighborhood HS | Elizabeth Collins | 62% | 6.0 | |
| Columbia Secondary School | Gary Biester | 6 to 12 | 61% | 5.9 |
| Business of Sports School | Joshua Solomon | 61% | 5.9 | |
| School of the Future HS | Stacy Paige Goldstein | 6 to 12 | 58% | 5.8 |
| HS for Math, Science and Engineering @CCNY | William Dugan | Specialized | 57% | 5.7 |
| Innovation Diploma Plus | Casey Jones | transfer | 69% | 5.6 |
| Academy for Social Action | Rhokeisha Ford | 6 to 12 | 60% | 5.6 |
| Edward A. Reynolds West Side HS | Jean McTavish | transfer | 58% | 5.6 |
| Frederick Douglass Academy | Gregory Hodge | 6 to 12 | 55% | 5.6 |
| Baruch College Campus HS | Alicia Perez-Katz | 65% | 5.5 | |
| Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction | Matthew Willoughby | 59% | 5.5 | |
| Frederick Douglass Academy II Secondary School | Osei Owusu-Afriyie | 6 to 12 | 64% | 5.2 |
| New Heights Academy Charter School | Lisa Hackett/Kaye Houlihan | 6 to 12 Charter School | 54% | 5.1 |
| Art and Design HS | Eric Strauss | 54% | 5.1 |
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