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The Influence of a Non-Traditional High School Chief
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principal whose unusual way of enforcing rules became the subject of a 1989 Hollywood movie.
Clark died late last year at the age of 82. He gained national attention for his leadership at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey.
“You are not
inferior,” is what Clark would often tell his students. Many of the Eastside students were African American or Latino. They grew up in a difficult environment. Many of the students who attended his school faced violence, crime, drugs and troubled family life.
Clark believed that students had to be shocked often to understand the influences that could prevent them from succeeding in school and in life.
Mr. Clark
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film âLean on Me,â died at his Florida home on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82.
At crime- and drug-ridden Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., Mr. Clark expelled 300 students in a single day for fighting, vandalism, abusing teachers and drug possession. That lifted the expectations of those who remained, continually challenging them to perform better.
Mr. Clarkâs unorthodox methods, which included roaming the hallways with a bullhorn and a baseball bat, won him both admirers and critics nationwide. President Ronald Reagan offered Mr. Clark a White House policy adviser position after his success at the high school.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Joe Louis Clark, the bat- and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said. He was 82.
At crime- and drug-ridden Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J., Clark expelled 300 students in a single day for fighting, vandalism, abusing teachers and drug possession. That lifted the expectations of those who remained, continually challenging them to perform better. Clark’s unorthodox methods, which included roaming the hallways with a bullhorn and a baseball bat, won him both admirers and critics nationwide. President Reagan offered Clark a White House policy advisor position after his success at the high school.