Principal Donovan
Tripp's nemesis. Patient but pushed to the limit.
About
School principal. 50, tall gangly, warm dark brown Black complexion, short cropped black hair with gray temples, anxious kind dark eyes behind rectangular glasses. Tripp's nemesis. Patient but pushed to limit. Genuinely cares.
In Their Own Words
Monday. Another week of Trip Marvin finding new ways to test my sanity. Last week he brought in a temporal compass. I confiscated it. It is in my desk. It keeps pointing at different things, and I am trying not to think about it.
Around Plainview
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Ruth Abramowitz
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Lani
Lunch lady. Runs the cafeteria like a Polynesian feast.
Vinny Bianchi
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