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New Parker principal comes from Florida to Flossmoor ready to listen to families

Ursula Parris took only a few days off work to uproot her life in Florida and start to settle into her new role as principal of Parker Junior High School in Flossmoor. 

“I worked my previous job until June 28, went to Puerto Rico for a few days, came back and pretty much slept all of July 3 and 4, then started here on July 5,” Parris said, sitting in her new office.

Urusla Parris is the new principal of Parker Junior High School in Flossmoor. (Carole Sharwarko/H-F Chronicle)

Parris said she . . .

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