Portland's Jefferson High won't have a full-time principal this year
Published: Friday, August 13, 2010, 4:51 PM Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 6:06 PM
Portland's troubled Jefferson High School has a new principal -- one who will keep her other full-time job while she runs the North Portland high school during the pivotal year ahead.
Toni Hunter, former principal of Grant High who now serves as a deputy superintendent of Portland Public Schools, will fill both the Jefferson principal's role and her deputy superintendent job for the coming year, Superintendent Carole Smith announced late this afternoon.
Jefferson's former principal, Cynthia Harris, will remain on leave. She is under investigation for financial mismanagement at the school, but no conclusive findings have been announced and she has not been charged with any crime or reported to the state educator licensing board. The school's business manager, who also was put on leave during the investigation, has been laid off.
The coming year will be key to Jefferson's future. The school board is set to vote as early as
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