Principal Ben Edmondson

Making waves at Scarlett

by Eve Silberman

posted 12/19/2008

At a recent Scarlett Middle School rally, principal Ben Edmondson playfully demonstrates some dance “steps” in front of the pep squad. But a few minutes later, when student leaders read aloud the results of the in-school election for the American presidency, his expression turns stern—fewer than half the students voted. “I’m extremely disappointed,” he tells the

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