School Starts - this is soooo exciting!

It's here - the first day of school.

Your new school supplies are on the table. Your new school clothes have been laid out and tried on more than once. You're going for that certain look to impress on the first day of school. You toss in your sleep, wondering if you'll make new friends. Wondering if the kids will like you. Will your teachers like you? You'll worry that you might forget something or that you'll spill something on your shirt in the cafeteria and everyone will laugh. You fear you'll oversleep and be late.

This is how it begins for the school principal. I guess the teachers and students have similar butterflies.

It's an unusual year in Lake Forest. After several years of no changes we now have new leadership teams in 4 of our 6 schools. Retirement took some fine people from us. We'll miss their experience and expertise. But these new principals are something special. I think you're going to like them. More importantly, I think they're going to help lead Lake Forest Schools to a whole new level of student success.

Mr. Cave moved up from the middle school to Lake Forest High School. Mr. Brown, from Seaford, is now principal at W.T. Chipman. Mr. Martin came to us from Appoquinimink to be principal at Central Elementary. Dr. Amory is at Lake Forest South after successful years in Milford.

Mrs. Clark at East and Mrs. Wynder at North now represent the old experienced leaders. I'm teasing, they're both very young.

Today we had some "meet and greet" time at the primary schools and orientation day for 4th, 6th and 9th graders. I made it to all 6 schools and everyone seemed to be having a great day. On Monday, everyone will be here, then we're off to another successfull school year.

I'll probably not sleep a wink on Sunday night.