MOBILIZING THE RIGHT CROWDS TO TRANSFORM PS 130
In 1990, when Lily Din Woo was brought in to replace the outgoing principal of the Hernando DeSoto School, PS 130 in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the school was barely meeting the state-mandated performance requirements. It was on the brink of becoming a SURR school (School under Registration Review), meaning that it would be placed on the academic failure list. Continuation on this list would lead to restructuring or even closure. To make matters worse, Woo was a surprise choice for the position. The school community had assumed that the long-serving and well-liked assistant principal would get the job. Who was this Lily Woo, coming in from the outside?
Today, PS 130 is considered one of the best ...
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