North Carolina is now home to the nation’s top high school principal.
Jason Johnson was named the 2026 National High School Principal of the Year on Friday by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Johnson is the principal of Orange High School and the reigning North Carolina Principal of the Year.
“Representing North Carolina’s public schools on a national stage is an honor, and wouldn’t be possible without the students, staff and community that I work alongside every day,” Johnson said in a news release. “This award validates the work we are doing across the state of North Carolina, and it affirms the direction set by the North Carolina State Board of Education and Superintendent Mo Green.”…