Joe Clark & A Touch of Hollywood; The Principal-Star Weighs His Next Move

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 11, 1989| Author: Howard Kurtz | Copyright information

As 500 students marched on the Paterson, N.J., school board offices Thursday, they were joined by Joe Clark, their bullhorn-toting principal, who asked them to wait until the television cameras arrived.

Clark, who had just been suspended by the board for five days over a risque' school show, was more than willing to discuss his favorite subject. He was "unappreciated," he told the crowd. He could make a "greater contribution" on the lecture circuit, where he could earn $300,000 or $...

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