COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – About a third of Pine Creek High School staff didn’t show up to school Friday after their principal, Tracie Cormaney, was placed on administrative leave two and a half weeks ago by Academy District 20.
“She greets students at the door every single day, every single day,” said Pam Krzeczowski, Cormaney’s administrative assistant. “It didn’t take too long to say, ‘Where’s Cormaney? What’s happening? What’s happening at Pine Creek?’”
Cormaney has been an educator for 30 years, as a teacher, athletic director, assistant principal, and principal, including at Pine Creek and Rampart High Schools.
“Tracy is the glue that holds Pine Creek together,” said Kelley Stewart, a Pine Creek school counselor. “Since her absence, the building lacks charisma and positivity, and the halls are flooded with a sense of worry about the unknown.”
Academy District 20 administration placed Cormaney on leave in January, but the staff claimed they were never told by the district why she wasn’t at school for more than two weeks. Staff told KRDO13 Investigates two assistant superintendents came to the school yesterday but provided few answers. Without her, the staff said the school isn’t the same.