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 Principal Questions

i. l-;Wat has been your e ducationaal training and experience? Elementary?
 Secondary? Administration? Subject Area?

2. Why, in your opinion did the middle school develop in Alachua County?

3. how did you get involved in the middle schools in Alachua County?

4. How did you get your job as a middle school Principal?

5. iiow long have you been a middle school Principal? (dates)

6. Tell me about the history of your school. (before middle schoolalso)

7. What was your training in the middle school philosophy when you became a
 Principal?

3. Were you able to choose your faculty when you became Principal?

9. If yes, do you think this helped? If no, was this a problem?

"10. How much training in middle school, or middle school knowledge, did your faculty

 have when you were Principal?

11. What are your ideas or beliefs about the early adolescent child?

12. What do you consider the most vital parts of the middle school concept?

13. Should the middle school curriculum differ from the high school or junior high
 curriculums and if so why or if not why not?

14. How or to what extent do you feel the central office has influenced the middle
 schools in this county?

15. What are the strengths of the middle school?

16. What are the weaknesses of the middle school?

17. Why do you believe your middle school developed the way it did, differently
 from the other middle schools in this county?

18. Has your school's program changed over the years? How has it changed?
 If yes, why has it changed? What influences brought about these changes?
19. What advice would you give to schools beginning middle school programs?

20. To what do you attribute the exemplary or non-exemplary nature of the middle
 school you have been associated with?

21. How would you explain why the middle school movement in Alachua County took
 the course it has taken?

22. Why have you remained a middle school Principal?

23. How do you think the middle schools in this county could be improved?