A Principal’s Perspective  Kevin Gordon, Principal at High Point
Elem.  Kevin Gordon, Principal at High Point Elem.  This past
Monday night our class had a chance to hear from Kevin Gordon,
current Principal at High Point Elementary in Clearwater. In
addition to his current job at High Point, Mr. Smith is pursuing
an Ed. D. in Educational Leadership at the University of South
Florida.  High Point Elementary is a diverse school that serves
a primarily low-income community. It has approximately 650
students. According to Mr. Gordon, the breakdown of the student
body is as follows: 29% white, 48% Hispanic, and 16% African
American. Mr. Gordon feels that the diversity of the school is
one of its strengths and it helps the students appreciate
diversity because they live in it for six years of their school
lives.  The teachers at High Point are primarly female, but Mr.
Gordon thinks the teachers and staff are pretty balanced in
terms of ethnic background.  The number of students at the
school who are receiving a  f