JACKSON — New Jackson Grammar School Principal Erin Messer, 46, who is succeeding Gayle Dembowski, who retired June 30 after 15 years as principal June 30, feels like it is a homecoming for her.
She has taught within SAU 9 and her parents, Mark and Mary Linehan, are longtime Bartlett residents.
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