BOARD OUSTS PRINCIPAL IN LANCASTER : LOUW TO BE TEACHER NEXT YEAR.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Daily News Staff Writer Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
Trustees cited a ``lack of confidence'' in Louw's ability to perform her duties as top administrator at the district's showcase campus, and said she will remain on paid leave pending the outcome of a separate investigation, which they said is unrelated to her demotion de·mote tr.v. de·mot·ed, de·mot·ing, de·motes To reduce in grade, rank, or status. [de- + (pro)mote. . Antelope Valley Union High School District The Antelope Valley Union High School District (A.V.U.H.S.D.) is located in the Antelope Valley area of California, in northern Los Angeles County. The district includes eight public high schools, one trade school, and two continuation high schools in the cities of Palmdale administrators and board members would reveal little about the reason behind Louw's demotion, announced after a closed-door board session Wednesday night, or about the investigation. District officials said the reasons involved confidential personnel matters. ``I think it's a case that Beverley Louw has enjoyed many successes as a principal and administrator in the district. I have been proud of the fact that I have supported her, but things change,'' board President Bill Olenick said. ``Believe me, the board did not take the action it did unless it was a very good reason. We didn't do this for no reason.'' Louw's attorney said district officials have no legitimate reason to oust oust tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" Virginia S. Eifert. her. Noted for being a tough disciplinarian dis·ci·pli·nar·i·an n. One that enforces or believes in strict discipline. adj. Disciplinary. disciplinarian Noun a person who practises strict discipline Noun 1. , Louw spent five years as principal at Desert Winds High School, the district's continuation school continuation school: see vocational education. , and was named in 1994 to serve as the first principal at Lancaster High. ``As far as the staff, parents and students and her conduct go, she is well-regarded there as being an exemplary administrator, and she is an exemplary administrator,'' attorney Richard Papst said. ``Unfortunately, within the superintendent's office, there is a small core of individuals who, for whatever reason, have taken it upon themselves to try to remove her from her position.'' The trustees voted 4-1 during a closed session at Wednesday's meeting to reassign Louw effective after the school year ends June 30. A decision on where she will be placed will be made after that, officials. The lone dissenter was board member Wilda Andrejcik, who said Thursday she had not lost confidence in Louw and that she was a good principal. ``I have seen the many things she has done and the goodwill she has with the community,'' Andrejcik said. Louw had been placed on administrative leave with pay in December by Superintendent Robert Girolamo, and assistant principal William Appleton
William Appleton (November 16, 1786 – February 15, 1862) was a congressman from Massachusetts from 1851 to 1855 and briefly during the Civil War. was named interim principal. Louw will remain on paid leave pending the outcome of a separate investigation, which district officials would not discuss but said was not related to the decision to reassign her. About the investigation, Girolamo would say only that there are three investigators working independently. Two are internal auditors Internal auditor An employee of a company who analyzes the company's accounting records to that the company is following and complying with all regulations. who are not district employees, and the third is affiliated with attorneys hired by the district, he said. As for the lack of confidence, Girolamo was equally cryptic cryp·tic n. 1. Hidden or concealed. 2. Tending to conceal or camouflage, as the coloring of an animal. . ``Board policies are in existence, and administrators must manage those policies,'' he said. ``In this case, it's related to that.'' A South African native with degrees in art and physics, Louw joined the district in 1987 as a dean at Desert Winds. Under Louw in 1993, Desert Winds earned the state Department of Education's model school award, citing the school's graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. success, student job placements and solid curriculum. |
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