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Gwinnett names new principal
By Eric Stirgus
Aug 25, 2014Gwinnett County school board members have named Nicole Tubbs the new principal of Berkmar Middle School.
Tubbs replaces Jose DeJesus, who took a position in a school system in another state, district officials said.
Tubbs was the assistant principal at Peachtree Ridge High School. She joined the Gwinnett district in 1996 as a social studies teacher at Summerour Middle School.
Berkmar Middle School has about 1,100 students.
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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
