In Small Towns, Principals Wear Many Hats—Including ‘Ambassador’

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"It was Thanksgiving week and, like elsewhere in the nation, schools in the small Appalachian town of Pikeville in eastern Kentucky were closed for the holiday. But Brandon Blackburn, the principal of Pikeville High School, accepted a phone call requesting a tour that week to an out-of-state family considering moving to the town, which also is home to five other public high schools.

It helped that Blackburn knew the voice on the other end of the phone. The call came from Latasha Friend, a former college classmate of Blackburn’s wife, fellow community member, and employee at SOAR (Shaping Our Appalachian Region Inc.)."

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