136 business and community leaders serve as "Principal for a Day"

BOSTON – Boston’s most powerful and influential leaders are going back to school.

Today, corporate and civic leaders will spend the morning learning about the joys and challenges of working as a public school principal. The 6th annual Principal for a Day program pairs 136 leaders from business, government, media, non-profit, arts and culture, education and other sectors with principals and headmasters in the Boston Public Schools. The event is co-sponsored by the Boston Plan for Excellence, Bank of America, and the Boston Public Schools.

Participants include:
· Keith Lockhart, Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra,
· Myra Kraft, President and Director of the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation,
· Charles Baker, President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care,
· Keith Motley, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston,
· Lou Casagrande, President & CEO of the Children’s Museum,
· Ellen Parker, Executive Director of Project Bread and the Walk for Hunger,
· Ed Linde, CEO of Boston Properties,
· as well as elected and appointed state officials, college presidents, and many more civic and community leaders.

See the attached list of participants and schools, sorted by neighborhood. Start times vary, ranging from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Guests will remain at the schools until approximately 11:30 a.m. If you are interested in covering this event, please contact the Communications Office, 617-635-9265, or communications@bostonpublicschools.org.

Pictured here at the Joseph Hurley K-8 School in the South End are Karen S. Bressler (left), CEO of Agar Supply Company, Principal Marjorie Soto (right) and Kindergarten 1 student Mayalee Valencia.