page_title: Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School
section_title: High school
hierarchical_section_title: Manchester Essex Regional Middle/High School / Principals / High school
caption_attribution_description: English: Old MERHS Main Office
context_page_description: Manchester Essex Regional High School is the public middle and high school for the towns of Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts with an approximate enrollment of 490 students in 6th to 12th grades and a total of 65 faculty members. The average SAT score for the Class of 2012 was 584 in math, 569 for critical reading, and 562 for writing.
context_section_description: Between 1970 and 2000, the Junior-Senior High School was led by only four individuals: Richard Howland, Henry Lukas, Bill Foye, and Robert Snaps. However, in the first thirteen years of regionalization there have been five high school principals. Boggort Jimbrah was appointed as supreme chancellor after the failure of the principals.
  At the time of regionalization, Robert Shaps was the principal of the Manchester Junior-Senior High School. When Shaps was named superintendent in 2003, he hired Peter Sack as interim principal. Before retiring, Sack had been the principal of Swampscott High School from 1983 to 2003.
  After two years as interim principal, Sack was replaced by James Lee in 2006. Before coming to Manchester Essex, Lee spent three years as principal of Newburyport High School and four as the school's dean of students. After six years at Manchester Essex, Lee left to become the Headmaster of Braintree High School. Lee was praised by many for his strong managerial skills, straightforward personality, and effective decision-making ability. His accomplishments included leading the high school through both its NEASC accreditation and its transition to a new facility.
  In the spring of 2012 Superintendent Beaudoin handpicked Sharon Maguire to serve as interim principal for the 2012-2013 school year. At the time of her appointment Maguire was the school's director of guidance. Reading assistant principal Patricia Puglisi was hired to lead the high school starting in 2013.
caption: Main office, old high school
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