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Congratulations to North Garner Middle School Principal John Wall, who has been named one of the state's eight finalists for Principal of the Year
Wall was named the principal of the year for the state's North Central region. He and the other seven regional finalists will find out April 1 who will be the 2010 North Carolina Principal of the Year.
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Yay!
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 00:18 — ksinclairCongratulations, Mr. Wall! We are truly blessed in Wake County to have such great leaders and administrators as yourself. Please know that there are many of us that support the great job you do! Thank you.
WHAT!
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 23:23 — AgentPierceHey Hui how can you write a column without defaming Art Pope or demanding a school board election recount ?
Well congratulation ... I
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 20:42 — user12345Well congratulation ... I guess no one from Garner reads the blog ... hopefully, good school leadership and the new magnet program at the HS will help this area.
Mr. Wall is an excellent
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 10:08 — Tony_LucasMr. Wall is an excellent principal. I am from the Garner area and my sister attends the school and there have been many changes since I attended there.
Congratulations. Well deserved
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 08:49 — MomknowsbestGood job. In order for Garner schools to be attractive, Garner High has to be as well equipped as Enloe.
... or Green Hope, or Apex
Thu, 02/11/2010 - 09:18 — user12345... or Green Hope, or Apex or Panther Creek or ....
I'll add my congratulations
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 23:20 — ApexterI'll add my congratulations to Mr. Wall.
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hopefully, good school leadership and the new magnet program at the HS
will help this area. "
Ironically, North Garner used to be an IB magnet. They stripped the IB program away from the school when they forced it to MYR because they decided it would be too hard to continue to offer the magnet program at a year round school.