Duluth High School Principal Jason Lane Transferred
Lane named to replace retiring principal at Mill Creek High School at called school board meeting.
Duluth High School Principal Jason Lane will be transferring to Mill Creek High School in Hoschton, GA, in the coming weeks.
Located in northern Gwinnett County, Mill Creek High is the largest high school in Georgia with an enrollment of 3,357 students.
During a special called meeting on Friday (Nov. 9), the Gwinnett County Board of Education named Lane and three other veteran educators school principals due to the retirement, transfers, and departure of current principals.
The school board also approved Dr. Brenda Johnson as the new principal of Centerville Elementary. Dr. Stacey Schepens will serve Crews Middle as its new principal. Lilburn Middle will welcome Dr. Yvette Arthur as its new leader.
Lane has served as principal of Duluth High School since 2008 and formerly was assistant principal at North Gwinnett High and Brookwood High. He previously was a French teacher, football and soccer coach at Hephzibah High in Richmond County, GA, and a French teacher, football and basketball coach at Crawford County High in Roberta, GA.
He has bachelor’s degrees in French and Secondary Education from Valdosta State University, certification in the Practice of the French Language from the University of Caen, and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Augusta State University. He is currently completing Nova Southeastern University’s doctoral program in Educational Leadership.
Lane transfers to lead Mill Creek High due to the retirement of Dr. Jim Markham. Lane is a graduate of the Gwinnett County Public Schools 2007 Quality-Plus Leader Academy, Aspiring Principal Program.
~ Duluth Patch
Annette Rogers
7:14 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Can Duluth HS parents verify that they received no notification that the principal was being moved? Also, are PTA funds spent on the parent communications system (that GCPS uses 24/7 for fundraising, propaganda, lobbying, etc.)? I've received many complaints that this is a promotion for Mr. Lane because he has shown he can go along to get along with Superintendent Wilbanks and Board Member Murphy. It is also seen by many as retaliation against Duluth constituents and city leaders for showing opposition to multiple controversial issues - unfair student reassignments, funding of Chamber of Commerce lobbyists, lack of transparancy/sunshine law violations, teacher leave policy and procedures, land deals, school building locations, etc.
Annette Rogers
9:51 am on Sunday, November 11, 2012
The above seems to be the consensus. I have been told that there was no announcement made at DHS. Neither PTSA officers nor local school council leaders were informed by GCPS or DHS. Apparently, word spread among staff and constituents when GCPS posted the announcement on facebook at 4:30 Friday afternoon. Because of the timing, there was no DHS nor GCPS personnel available for comment.
Stupid Is Stupid Does
2:13 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
If your initial reaction of badmouthing the principal and the school system is any indication of the attitude the principal was facing in Duluth, then maybe you should look simply look around you to see why he might have been "promoted".
Dwayne Carter
3:16 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Any "attitude" problem Jason Lane faced at Duluth was his own creation. He routinely intimidated and lied to students, then engaged in a semester long Salemesque witch hunt of his students to entertain himself. Duluth will be a better place without this man and I pity the Mill Creek students and the mess they have invited into their abode.
Dwayne Carter
3:17 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
Any "attitude" problem Jason Lane faced at Duluth was his own creation. He routinely intimidated and lied to students, then engaged in a semester long Salemesque witch hunt of his students to entertain himself. Duluth will be a better place without this man and I pity the Mill Creek students and the mess they have invited into their abode.
Annette Rogers
10:50 am on Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Thanks Faye of Duluth Patch for posting this article and keeping the Duluth community informed. I have heard that Mr. Lane's last day at DHS is November 30. Still no word on his replacement at Duluth. According to GCPS: teacher, parent, and student input will be accepted and Wilbanks will be conducting selected interviews. Next week is Thanksgiving Break for GCPS. The announcement to DHS parents is yet to be made and there are only 8 school days before the replacement principal will be in place.
Franck Ribéry
4:49 pm on Thursday, November 15, 2012
I wish it weren't the case but Dwayne is absolutely correct. Salemesque doesn't even come close to describing the lengths Mr. Lane and his administration took to exploit the rights if his students. It appears as if one of his cronies will soon be his successor and Duluth as well as Mill Creek students are in for a rude awakening. Never surrender your rights students! They're all you have