Daily News | 7 things to know about Philly’s new superintendent, Tony B. Watlington Sr.
Watlington started his career in education as a bus driver and a custodian. He became a history teacher in Guilford County, N.C. in 1994, and by 1998 was named teacher of the year in that district, North Carolina’s third-largest. By age 29, he was appointed to his first principalship, and rose through the ranks in Guilford County, eventually working as chief of schools before becoming Rowan-Salisbury’s superintendent in 2021.
Bring on the public engagement: focus groups, advisory panels, committees, Watlington said. “When you engage with the public...sometimes it can be a little messy. I’m not at all bothered at all by hard and tough questions.” Why he wanted to come to the district: “I think the School District of Philadelphia can be a national beacon of hope, that shining city on the hill,” Watlington said. “I sure would like to be your partner in that work.”7. He wants to play guitar like Prince.
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