A Principal's Story

Educator Ken Romines recounts the story of his two-year attempt to turn around a troubled elementary school in San Francisco's Mission District. Regarded by some as the "worst" elementary school in San Francisco, Edison Elementary faced deplorably low test scores, racial discord, disgruntled parents, angry neighbors, a divided faculty and many students who viewed the school as a place to "hang out" rather than a place to learn. Dr. Romines, with his community background and collaborative concept of education, seemed the ideal principal to turn the school around.