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The saga of the dismissal of the popular principal of Princeton High School Frank Chmiel ’98 continues as the superintendent who made that decision resigned late last week. The superintendent, Carol Kelley, has come under significant fire over the past year over the Chmiel, but also around broader culture wars about the balance of educational equity and academic standards: Kelley has been criticized for hiring a consultant who is against tracking at early grade levels and the focus on calculus. Chmiel is currently in the process of appealing his dismissal after the Princeton School Board voted 8-2 to prevent his reinstatement. 

Some students have tried to put the very public drama in perspective: "I think many parents were actually more upset than the students themselves,” said Peter Eaton, a senior at Princeton high school.

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