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Garner High School principal a finalist for N.C. Principal of the Year

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Garner Magnet High School Principal Drew Cook walks the hall with sophomore Drake Gaines on Friday morning, the day after he received the Wake County school district's 2011 Principal of the Year award.

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Garner High School Principal Drew Cook has been named one of the eight finalists for North Carolina Principal of the Year, state education officials announced today.

Cook was named the finalist for the state's north central region. A state selection committee will review the eight regional finalists with the winner being announced in Raleigh on April 5.

Cook, 37, has been at Garner High for much of his life. He was a student there. After college, he returned to the school in 1997 to become a teacher. He was promoted from assistant principal to principal in 2009.

Cook has been praised for helping revitalize Garner High. He was named the Wake County school system's 2011 Principal of the Year in October.

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