Pointe Coupee principal resigns

• By KORAN ADDO
• Advocate Westside bureau
• Published: Jun 5, 2009 - UPDATED: 9:30 p.m.

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Pointe Coupee Central High School Principal Harry D. Wright announced his resignation from the charter school Thursday after one year on the job, an Advance Baton Rouge board member confirmed Friday.

Theron Smith, a board member with Advance Baton Rouge, the nonprofit which runs the school, said Wright would not be on the faculty for the 2009-10 school year.

Smith described Wright, who presided over the sixth- through eighth grades and 10th through 12th grades at the Morganza school, as a “good principal and a strong disciplinarian.” Pointe Coupee High’s ninth grade operates under a separate principal.

Wright, who did not return calls for comment on Friday, frequently spoke about changing the culture of the academically foundering school as the key to turning it around and improving students’ performance as they transition into the workforce.

Smith said he expects Wright’s focus on discipline, student accountability and achievement to continue under the school’s assistant principal, Darryl Davis.

Members of Advance Baton Rouge’s administration declined to comment on Friday.