Eight principals were recently selected to represent their regions as regional Wachovia Principals of the Year and will now compete for the title of 2007 Wachovia Principal of the Year.
The winner will succeed the 2006 Wachovia Principal of the Year, Marian Yates, retired principal of South Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools.
Middle Schools Recognized as “Schools to Watch”
Nine North Carolina middle schools, the most ever in one year, were recently recognized as “Schools to Watch,” a national recognition program developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.
State middle schools receiving this honor were: Broad Creek Middle (Carteret County Schools), Carrington Middle and Shepard Middle (Durham Public Schools), Flat Rock Middle (Henderson County Schools), Jefferson Middle and Southeast Middle (Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools), Kernodle Middle (Guilford County Schools), Pine Forest Middle (Cumberland County Schools), and Spring Hill Middle (Scotland County Schools).
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