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Princeton High School Principal To Leave Princeton For Randolph
Princeton Public Schools will be making an announcement on an interim principal soon. Baxter will begin her new tenure in January 2021.
PRINCETON, NJ - Jessica Caruso Baxter, the principal of Princeton High School will be moving to Randolph High School as its next principal.
The Randolph School Board of Education confirmed the news on Tuesday evening in a Facebook post. “At tonight’s Board of Education meeting, the Board approved the appointment of Jessica Caruso Baxter as Randolph High School’s next Principal,” read the post.
The board said it selected Baxter after interviewing 30 potential candidates for the job.
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The news of Baxter’s appointment took many students and parents from PHS by surprise. It isn’t clear if the Princeton Board of Education or school officials knew about the appointment prior to the announcement.
When contacted, Barry Galasso, interim superintendent of Princeton Public Schools (PPS) said the district “does not comment of personnel.”
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“Principal Baxter has a distinguished career at Princeton. She will be missed by students, faculty and the community. We wish her success. She has done an outstanding job,” Galasso said.
Galasso told Patch that PPS will be making an announcement on an interim principal during the December Board of Education meeting.
Baxter began her career in East Hanover as a Spanish and ESL teacher. She then became the Assistant Principal at Princeton High School in February 2012, before being promoted to Principal in July 2019.
“Ms. Baxter is a leader that embodies all of the characteristics we collectively decided were important in the next leader of our high school,” Randolph school Superintendent Jennifer Fano said.
“The work she has led as an administrator in the areas of academic excellence, SEL, and diversity, equity, and inclusion will complement and enhance the work we have been committed to for the students and staff of Randolph,” she said.
Baxter will begin her tenure at Randolph in January 2021.
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