Blake school principal John Gulla laughing with high school students as they discuss the science project. Gulla leave at the end of the school year.
Blake school only takes one of the principal new the first in 14 years: someone who can do it all.
When the Seattle schools Chief Anne Stavney took the top spot in the next few months, he should be financial experts, teachers and curriculum specialists with fundraising, all wrapped into one. He also will be under intense pressure to keep their alums and parents are happy, encouraging students to selective schools and became a school activity provides.
In recent years, for a job at a prestigious private schools such as Blake has grown to be more like the CEO position, with a salary and the pressure to match. Among most of the nation's elite prep schools, the leader received a half-million dollars in total compensation a year – doubling of their public school peers.