Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said in statement. He was 82.
Clark started teaching at a Paterson grade school in Essex County, N.J., before becoming principal of PS 6 Grammar School.
The inaccuracies in this report AP and : Paterson — that’s one “t” — is in Passaic County, not Essex County. 🤦🏾♀️
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Honoring Joe Clark who lead a movement to make schools the safest place to be on Earth. EduBlogger nbgnetwork Delawareblack
Rest in peace
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The HNIC. RIP
RIP 'Batman'