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About the Authors
Dr. Kwame R. Morton is currently in his 8th year as the principal of Cherry Hill High School West
in South Jersey, and has been named the 2021-2022 NJ Visionary Principal of the Year through
NJPSA. He has held a variety of administrative roles and positions including: Principal of Joyce Kilmer
Elementary of School (Cherry Hill, NJ), Principal of Frederick Douglass Elementary School (Philadelphia,
Pa), Assistant Principal at Thomas Fitzsimmons HS (Philadelphia, Pa) and Public School 188 (Brooklyn,
NY). Dr. Morton began his career as a teacher in the New York City Department of Education working at
Public School 288 and Public School 188.
Allison Staffin has been part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools since 1991. She began her career as a
social studies teacher spending 12 years in the classroom at Cherry Hill High School West. Currently
she is in her 17th year as an Assistant Principal at High School West,and was honored to be named the
2016-2017 NJ Visionary Assistant Principal of the Year through NJPSA.

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