by Jaclyn Thompson, news editor
There’s a new superintendent for the NYCDOE, and she visited on November 24th to take a look at our school.
Superintendent Juan Mendez got promoted and Leticia Pineiro took his place. Pineiro was a promoted principal who was’t looking for the job, but it fell into her hands.
“I was actually not looking for the job, someone passed my resume on and I was a principal at the time,” superintendent Leticia Pineiro said.
Pineiro plans to visits schools to get information on how the schools function. She has experience in schools from lower positions, but got promoted in a short period of time.
“I was an AP [assistant principal] for one year, and a principal at one school for also one year, when I was pulled for the job,” Pineiro said.
Last Tuesday, visiting the school, she observed classrooms and interacted with students to get a feel of how things are.
“I thought it was cool how she was actually talking to us, she was actually less scary than I thought a superintendent would be,” junior Marko Vrljic said.
On behalf of the newspaper staff, we wish her the best of luck.
