Parents protest principal transfer as routine rotations ordered

Playing bongos, holding up signs and chanting "We need stability" and "Keep Ms. Wagner," three dozen parents and students protested at Richard Henry Lee Elementary School in Glen Burnie last week.

The school was closed and the protest Wednesday night was brief. But parent Russell Mentecki said the demonstration was held to make the point that the school is losing not only Principal Mary Wagner and Assistant Principal Janet Clayton to routine end-of-year transfers, but losing stability as well.

"Two people that we trusted and listened to are no longer here," Mentecki said. "The parents in this...