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Mangum Principal Named DPS Principal of the Year
It is Spirit Day at Mangum Elementary School, and the spirits were lifted even higher as Superintendent Carl Harris made a surprise visit to present Principal Gwen Johnson with the DPS Principal of the Year Award. Johnson will now represent Durham Public Schools in the North Carolina Wachovia Principal of the Year competition. Johnson has been principal of Mangum since 2004. Before that she taught several different grade levels at Oak Grove Elementary School from 1977-1999. From 1999-2004, Johnson was Director of Instruction at Oak Grove.
“Gwen Johnson is a very well-seasoned elementary educator with a passion for her job like few principals I have known,” said Superintendent Carl Harris. “Her dedication to her students, their families and the teachers in her school is evident in the school’s overall climate and student achievement levels. Gwen will represent us extremely well at the regional and state levels!”
