Kendall McManus-Thomas has never strayed too far from Warren Easton Charter High School.
He first walked the halls as a 14-year-old freshman, staying late for band practice and student council meetings. He returned to the Canal Street campus as a student teacher, then climbed the ranks from substitute to chemistry teacher to assistant principal.
He went on to lead two other New Orleans schools: Andrew Wilson Charter School and Benjamin Franklin High School, one of the state’s top-ranked schools. Now McManus-Thomas is back at Easton, this time as principal and CEO…