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VIDEO: San Juan Hills Principal Speaks of School's Journey

Tom Ressler reflects on a recent honor, being named "educator of the year" in San Juan Capistrano.

No matter what's going on in the world around them, faculty at San Juan Hills High has been focused on one thing, Principal Tom Ressler said Wednesday: teach, teach, teach.

The remarks came after the Capistrano Unified school board lauded Ressler as being chosen as the "educator of the year" in the city of San Juan Capistrano.

Ressler said the honor is obviously a team effort and a great turn-around story for school that didn't look like it would make it after a rocky first year.

Ressler moved from Capistrano Valley High School to the then 1-year-old San Juan Hills in 2008.

The principal said the honor is especially sweet given how many private schools there are in San Juan Capistrano.


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