Raising the Bar: Transparency Drives Accountability

by Melissa Glee-WoodardPrincipal, November/December 2010 Four years ago I began my journey as the principal of Lewisdale Elementary School, which is located two miles from Washington, D.C., in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Lewisdale is a Title I school where 80 percent of the students are Hispanic and 84 percent of the students receive free or reduced-price lunch.