New Assistant Principal Dr. Murrow has always been a big believer of equality. He believes that all students deserve a fair and equal chance at life. Coming from his struggling background that he dealt with growing up, he never had that opportunity in life. Murrow himself isn’t perfect, he has made a few mistakes in the past, but he has learned from them and he hopes students will learn from their mistakes as well. 

Accountability is a very important thing to Murrow.  When students are in trouble, but are accountable for their actions, Murrow will be fair and equal to students and give them a short punishment for acknowledging their mistakes instead of a long punishment. This reflects how Murrow believes people are able to change despite their circumstances, and that everyone deserves a second chance.

“I’m fair, firm and consistent. I treat everybody, creed, ethnic background, relationship, sexuality,” Murrow said. “I treat everybody the same.”

Murrow feels how his students are thinking and understands that they are all young, still learning, and growing. Making sure his students are respected will be important for the future.

“So, yes, I made mistakes, kids make mistakes. We all screw up, but the thing is fair, firm, consistent and have your goals,” Murrow said.

Because of Murrow’s past, he firmly believes that everyone should deserve a second chance, despite their actions.  He assures that the students of San Leandro High are being treated equally. 

“I didn’t grow up with the same as a lot of principals, so I went through a lot of like juvenile, juvenile delinquent stuff, young adult groups, where I made mistakes,” Murrow said.

Growing up, Murrow went through many struggles in his life, he didn’t have a place to call home, and it was challenging for him but he managed to find a way to get himself out of that hole that he was stuck in. 

“My mom was either in prison by the time when she passed away, I was an adult, but I didn’t have like grandparents to hang out with, they had my brothers and sisters, so I just literally kept going to school, school, school, school, so there was a lot of hurdles I had to get through,” Murrow said.

Murrow grew up with little to no support from his family, so he had to lean towards education to support his struggles. 

“Again, I didn’t have anything that tied me down, no kids, no family, so I put myself in a truck, drove out to California, got [an] extended stay,” Murrow said. “I was out there for like three weeks. Found a job. First job I found was here.” 

Murrow previously lived in Florida. When he decided to move to California he received a job at San Leandro High. 

“If you go ahead and come in like, “I screwed up, made a mistake,” I’m gonna give you the lightest thing I can possibly do,” Murrow said. “The thing is we all make mistakes, but the one thing you can’t do, I can’t teach you how to have [is] integrity, how to have character.”