With tears, cheers, Johnson leaves Memphis
School chief hailed for heart, grit
MEMPHIS -- Unruly students often jumped out the first-floor windows at Winchester Elementary School. Two bullets had pierced the building. Enrollment had plunged by half. Test scores were so deplorable that 75 percent of third- and fifth-graders were failing the state math exam. One administrator described Winchester as the "school from hell." (Full article: 1554 words)
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