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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

John Carter Takes the Reins at Stevenson

While the principal role is new to Carter, he has worked at SHS for more than a decade

Stevenson High School's new principal admits he doesn't know every person the school's 500-member staff. But he's getting closer to that goal every day. "I'd love to say (I know) 100 percent, but I'd say I'm probably at 97 percent. I know all the teachers," John Carter said, in reference to the roughly 300 educators who instruct Stevenson's 4,200 students. If all those numbers caught your attention, well, it could be because Carter is a numbers guy. He taught math at Stevenson from 1993 to 1994, then made his way back to SHS in 2000. He was the school's director of mathematics from 2001 to 2006, and for the past four years he served as assistant principal for teaching and learning. "I think the years of experience lend to continuity," …

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