The Neighborhood School of Philadelphia’s board of trustees voted to not renew president Donald Man Generals’ contract and positioned him on administrative depart at a gathering Thursday morning.
In an e mail, the CCP confirmed 13 out of 15 members on the board (with the opposite two being absent) voted unanimously to not renew Generals’ contract, which is up in June.
The vote included no public remark from the board, although a number of attendees questioned the dearth of transparency.
The assertion provides the choice and “associated deliberations” had been made primarily based on “the bylaws of the School.” Regardless of attendee issues, the assertion emphasised these selections had been made “with a excessive diploma of transparency and consideration.”
In keeping with the Inquirer, Generals reported the board of trustees advised him in December that they didn’t plan to resume his contract.
Generals has been CCP’s president for almost 11 years. He advised the Inquirer his newest analysis was “above common” and that he had no points famous apart from “some obscure interpersonal points with some board members.”
Whereas Generals early years at CCP had some rocky contract negotiations and pushback from college about lack of prior management expertise, he has led the school by way of the pandemic, overseen the school throughout the growth of recent buildings and applications, and had enrollment improve throughout his tenure.
Generals has additionally been president all through union negotiations. Most not too long ago, the school and union reached a tentative deal hours earlier than a strike was purported to start final month.
The tentative settlement consists of vital wage will increase, extra staffing, smaller class sizes and free transportation for college students, in response to the union’s launch.
The CCP assertion stated the college was “deeply grateful” for Generals’ service and that there’s a plan for transition to new management and an interim president.
Generals’ potential departure is the most recent in a run of faculty president turnover in Philly the previous few years.
- The College of Pennsylvania’s President Liz Magill stepped down in late 2023 following criticism of her congressional testimony about how Ivy League colleges deal with anti-Israel protests and antisemitic incidents.
- Former Drexel College President John Fry moved to change into Temple College’s new president, after the college’s appearing president, JoAnne A. Epps, died immediately in September 2023 after collapsing throughout a memorial service.
- The previous UArts president Kerry Stroll resigned days after the college had introduced its closure.
- In Might 2022, Mark C. Reed left St. Joseph’s College after seven years to steer the Loyola College Chicago.