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Meet the newest student at Piner High School in Santa Rosa. It's Franklin the first Black 'Peanuts' character standing tall in the middle of campus, just in time for MLK Day.
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By 04/28/2021
A former language development teacher for English learners at Tomales High is returning to the school as its principal. On July 1, John McGurke, the vice principal at Piner High School in Santa Rosa, will replace Adam Jennings, who was promoted to the district’s superintendent position. “Having been part of the community as a teacher, I really feel like I’m going back home,” Mr. McGurke, 52, said. Born and raised in Dallas, Mr. McGurke is the son of a cattle rancher and a school nurse. He holds a degree in post-secondary education from the University of San Francisco, and has spent 25 years in the education field, the last 14 of which have been at public comprehensive schools. He was a teacher, an athletic director and a soccer coach at Tomales High from 2013 to 2016, before moving to Piner. He also taught at Bishop High School in the eastern Sierras for six years. He said one of his priorities in the Shoreline Unified School Dist