Fresh faces of administration

Safety in high schools is a concern for students, teachers, and administrators around the country, and new Associate Principal Charlie Driscoll has safety at the top of his priority list. The 57-year-old Davenport native came from Central and worked there for the past six years as an associate principal. After the associate superintendent told him that there was an opening at West that would b...

Falcons begin the 2018-2019 school year with an almost all new administration headed by new Principal Cory Williams.   New Falcon faces Imagine sitting at home recovering from surgery and getting a text from the Associate Superintendent Rob Scott. Williams was in this exact position when she was offered her dream job of head principal at West High after previous principal Jenni Weipert was...

A sign that the school year is about to begin is the release of West High students’ schedules. Screenshots of schedules are posted, classes are compared, and there is an abundance of chatter about what the new school year will bring. Much of the excitement that schedules bring is thanks to Associate Principal Michael Orfitelli, whose hard work on creating the master teacher schedule is one of his ...