Interview JSEC Principal-Mr. O

By JSEC News Journalist:  Mi-Asia Thomas

Q. What did you do before you became Principal at JSEC?
A. Before he became a principal he was a teacher and he wanted to help kids, he wanted to have a positive impact on them,  and he also wanted to take a leadership role and that’s why he became a
an administrator.

Q. Were you ever at teacher and if so what did you teach and where?
A. He was a math teacher for 4-5 years before he became an administrator and taught at
Central High School and Roger Williams Middle School.

Q. Can you give us 3 words to describe you?
A.  He describes himself as fair, firm, and risky.

Q. What are your thoughts of two schools being in one building?

A. He thinks that sharing 2 schools in 1 building is challenging because there’s not enough
space since JSEC has more kids and teachers and everyone has to share rooms but hes happy it’s
working out good so far.

Q. Whats one interesting thing you can let readers know about JSEC?
A. He mentioned there are many interesting things but one of the main things is that JSEC is that it’s in the middle of a diverse city and has a great student population.

Q. What is just one of the biggest challenges facing JSEC this year?
A. The biggest challenges for him are the urgent day to day tasks that has to be done and
also accomplish meet the space challenges so that teaching and learning can continue every day.

Q. If you had one super power what would it be?
A.  If he had a superpower it would be to make everyone peaceful because there so much
violence and the world suffers so much inequality.

Q. Whats the one issue in the world today that you feel is most important to address?
A.  He thinks that hunger is the biggest issue effecting the world today especially all the
natural disasters that’s been occurring that’s have caused millions to not have enough water, food, and electricity.

Q. Why do the JSEC and 360 have different schedules?
A. The bell schedules are different because JSEC has 4 periods and 360 has 6 but they are
the same on Fridays because both schools begin and end at the same time.

Q. Whats one thing you would like 36o to know about JSEC?
A. He would like 360 to know that JSEC is not trying to compete or challenge them in
anyway.  He added both schools are here for the same reason and both here for the same reason and if they ever needed any type of assistance in any way, JSEC is here for them.

Q. What type of things do you see JSEC and 360 doing together to bring students and staff together?
A.  Joint events will happen for both schools to come together and the upcoming dance will
be for both schools and more events are still in the planning .