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Hillside High School’s Dr. William T. Logan Named DPS Principal of the Year

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Dr. William T. Logan, 2023 DPS Principal of the Year (center) with Dr. Pascal Mubenga, DPS Superintendent (right); and Dr. Dan Davis, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Schools. (submitted)

DURHAM, NC – Dr. William T. Logan, transformational leader of the historic Hillside High School, has been named the Durham Public Schools 2023 Principal of the Year.  An educator with 25 years in the field, Logan has led the school as its instructional leader for a decade.  He has served in the administration realm for 19 of those years, including having served as the school’s assistant principal. This is Dr. Logan’s second time as DPS Principal of the Year (2014), among a litany of other professional achievements.

“Dr. Logan is a visionary leader who is seeing his goals to fruition. Under his leadership, Hillside was a 2020 Magnet School of Distinction, and he continues to improve outcomes for his students innovatively and resourcefully. He is a champion-maker, and he champions all students,” said Dr. Pascal Mubenga, DPS Superintendent.

Logan’s leadership highlights include more than $100 million in scholarship offers to students; recognition by the U.S. Department of Education as a model transformational school; the creation of an on-campus bank to support financial literacy; a 90 percent promotion rate among Freshman Academy students; increased enrollment in International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement courses; an AVID School of Distinction recognition; and a Congressional district art award.

About Durham Public Schools (DPS)

Durham Public Schools district is one of the top 10 largest in the state, serving more than 32,000 students in both the city and county of Durham. Durham is on an upward trend, recognized all over as one of the hot spots in the south — from food to history to music to education — more and more people are learning what those of us here already know: Durham is the place to be!

Durham’s public schools are nearly as diverse as our 300,000+ residents. The school system offers a wealth of options for students and families having something for every kind of learner.

Durham Public Schools offers traditional schools, magnet programs, year-round calendar schools, and small specialty high schools. They are one of the top 30 districts in the nation for employing National Board Certified Teachers, and three of DPS’s high schools are on the US News & World Report’s Best High Schools list for 2018 (City Of Medicine Academy, Clement Early College High School, and Durham School of the Arts). 

DPS’ school nutrition program leads the state in providing healthy, “farm to school” meal choices, and every single one of their students can eat breakfast at school for free.

DPS has robust AIG (academically and intellectually gifted) specialties, skilled exceptional children programs, and even a partnership with Duke Children’s Hospital to allow chronically ill and hospitalized children from across the nation to remain in school.

Durham Public Schools accepts all children with compassion and a commitment to meet each child wherever he or she is along the learning spectrum, and grow together from there.