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Community Invited to Meet New BHS Principal at Meet and Greet Tonight

Fabby Williams, BHS' new principal, will hold a meet and greet tonight at the high school's library. The event is open to the public and will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

There's plenty of new faces in the Valley View School District this year.

But perhaps none are as vital to Superintendent Jim Mitchem's goal to as . 

Williams is a —very much in-line with what Mitchem has preached during his first few months as the head of Valley View schools.

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“Failing has never been an option for me," Williams said. "They’re all my kids as far as I’m concerned. And I want my kids to show growth.”

Williams is holding a meet and greet tonight at the high school's library. The event is open to the public and will be held from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Williams was hired amidst some that Mitchem says have nothing to do with Valley View. The fact that was all Mitchem needed to know in hiring the educator of more than 10 years.

“I see a district whose philosophy is similar to home,” Williams said, referring to Charlotte where he lived since he was a senior in high school. “The community is involved. It’s all about the kids. It’s all about student achievement. I get the sense this is clearly somewhere where I want to work until I retire. This is a place where I can raise my family.”

Williams says he’ll be visible and available. And that all starts at tonight's meet and greet, where parents and community members can come and ask him questions about essentially anything.

“I want our parents and community to feel comfortable here. This is their school,” he said. “We want everyone to be a part of the educational process because we can’t do this without them.”


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