Bartberger Honored For Leadership At Round Lake Charter

    Round Lake Charter School Principal Linda Bartberger has been recognized for her school's success in raising student achievement. The Principal Leadership Award was presented during a recent ceremony at Round Lake. Bartberger is one of 15 principals statewide to be recognized this year.
   The program was established by Florida TaxWatch in 2013, with the goal of identifying Florida's most effective principals in high-risk public schools. Florida TaxWatch recognizes school successes and looks to promote principals' transformational practices throughout the state with the ultimate goal of closing the achievement gap.
   Round Lake Charter is regularly among the higher-performing schools in the county, and serves grades K-8.
   Florida TaxWatch touts the program as ‘Florida’s only data-driven principal recognition initiative’, and uses student performance data tracked over several years, which are weighted to find principals who are achieving the most in communities with demographic challenges.
   The program is in partnership with the Florida Lottery and Florida Bright Futures.
   In addition, Bartberger was able to nominate a student for a two-year scholarship that will come into effect when they graduate high school. Bartberger selected eighth-grade student Kinsey Gelatka for the award.
   Bartberger will join other principals at an awards luncheon to be held on April 11 in Winter Garden to recognize all the award winners.