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School in DeKalb County and Camp
bell High School in Cobb County. He was
assistant principal at Pope
High School in Cobb before
he became Hillgroves prin
cipal in 2009.
“I think being a high
school principal is the best
job in the world,” Shaw said.
Since he began at Riv-
erwood’s June 3, Shaw has
met with students, teachers
and parents. He found them
“committed and passionate.”
Shaw views Riverwood’s
Advanced Placement and
International Baccalaureate
programs, athletics, and arts as the school’s
strengths. He said that there is “some work
to do” on the schools End-
of-Course Test scores. “There
are a lot of strengths here,
but there is always room to
improve,” Shaw said. “We
have to get those scores up
and just make sure all of our
kids are being served.”
In the past two years, Riv-
erwood students and parents
have watched two princi
pals resign, one for personal
reasons and the other short
ly before he was arrested on
charges of misusing a credit
card linked to the school.
Shaw says he intends to
stick around. “Every school has a histo
ry. As I told the staff, I need to be aware
of it, but we need to move on and start
fresh,” Shaw said. “If it’s under my control,
I would like to stay here for a long time.”
At North Springs, Ruiz
takes his first job as a high
school principal. He has
worked in education for 13
years. He taught four years
of high school biology and
chemistry before serving as
a dean and an assistant prin
cipal at three high schools
in Florida. Most recently,
he served as the principal of
Jackson Middle School in
Orlando for three years.
“I’m excited about get
ting back to high school,”
Ruiz said. “I keep hearing so many great
things about the kids, the culture, and the
traditions that go on here [at
North Springs].
“I’ve talked to more
than 60 teachers, parents
and community members,”
Ruiz said. “I’m listening
to their perspectives about
North Springs, what they
think about North Springs,
what they love about North
Springs, [and] what they feel
are areas of opportunity for
North Springs.”
He wants “to make
North Springs a place where
teachers are excited about
coming to work, and stu
dents are excited about coming to school
at North Springs.”
North Springs High
School principal
Dr. Eddie Ruiz
Riverwood
International Charter
School principal
Dr. Robert Shaw
End of course test scores for high schools
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