I’m a Denver principal who’s watched too many colleagues leave. Here’s how our new superintendent could help Page ContentChalkbeat: “I’m a Denver principal who’s watched too many colleagues leave. Here’s how our new superintendent could help”John Youngquist has spent 15 years as a principal and 12 years in district offices. His commentary reflects on his own experiences as well as his colleagues’ experiences to offer ideas on how to lower principal turnover and raise the level of principal experience in Denver. “The Wallace Foundation-funded ‘Principal Pipeline Project,’ which I directed at its inception, generally boosted achievement, and still has the potential to create well-prepared candidates. But I don’t see enough opportunities for potential principals to learn about leadership or adequate on-boarding practices to help leaders handle their first few years as the realities of the principalship set in,” he writes. Report