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Thurgood Marshall Learning Center names new principal

By Sharon Wren,

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Thurgood Marshall Learning Center (TMLC) has a new principal.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=14SKYD_1F073cYA00 — Timothy Wernentin (RIMSD41)

Timothy Wernentin has been named the new principal at TMLC. Wernentin served as principal of Rock Island High School and spent nine years as principal of Sherrard High School. He served 11 years as a building principal before taking the Sherrard High School job.

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