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Article posted: 8/17/2010 12:01 AM

Longtime administrator tackles new challenge: High school

Retired superintendent steps in as Grant High principal

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John Barbini, the interim principal at Grant High School in Fox Lake, looks at the new I.D. for computer technician Kristen Perry as he walks through the building Monday on the first day of school.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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John Barbini is the interim principal at Grant High School in Fox Lake for the 2010-11 school year, which began Monday.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

John Barbini, interim principal at Grant High School in Fox Lake, talks to physical education teacher Carl Uphoff during the first day of classes Monday.

Gilbert R. Boucher II | Staff Photographer

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It's a new school, a new town, and new students, but John Barbini's new job has a ring of familiarity. The retired superintendent with more than 40 years of administrative experience has resurfaced at Grant High School in Fox Lake.