For immediate release
April 7, 2000

"High profile principals" at local schools

    There will be a couple of new faces in at least two Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board schools on April 12, 2000.Belleville Mayor Ross McDougall and Mix 97's Sean Kelly are heading back to school. Even though they're new, they're going back as principals to spend a day getting a first hand look at both the strengths and the needs of local schools.
    It's all part of the Principal for a Day program that is going on across the province, as community leaders from the worlds of business, labour, non-profit organizations, government and even the media are spending part of the day working alongside a principal or vice-principal in a local school.
    Mayor Ross McDougall will be spending the day at Quinte Secondary School with Principal John Chapman. Mayor McDougall will have the opportunity to experience Quinte Secondary's community of learners.
    Queen Victoria Public School in Belleville will welcome Sean Kelly, the morning man from Mix 97 as their principal for a day. Principal Herb Pilles has hinted that Queen Vic has a full morning planned for Mr. Kelly.
    The project is an initiative by the Learning Partnership, who also co-ordinate the Take Your Kids to Work days each year. The Principal for a Day project started in the Greater Toronto Area in 1997 and has been an annual event since then. Last year it became a province-wide event and is now established as a significant initiative aimed at gaining a realistic understanding of what schools and the community share, as well as how they are different.
 

For more information contact:
John Chapman, Principal, Quinte Secondary School, 962-9295
Herb Pilles, Principal, Queen Victoria Public School, 968-4547