Mr. EARL L. PULLEY,
SR., was born February 7, 1925, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina,
the only son of the late Linwood and Carrie McKisson Pulley.
Shortly after marriage, Mr.Pulley
and his wife moved to the Washington, D.C. area, where they
were blessed with a son and a daughter.
Mr. Earl Pulley received his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts
Degrees in Education from Virginia State College and spent
30 years in the Fairfax County School system, serving as a principal
and as Coordinator of Human Relations (administration).
He was twice director of the Comprehensive
Employment and Training Act (CETA), In-School Program,
and president of the Fairfax County Teachers Association.
At age 29, he became the principal of Oak Grove Elementary
School in Herndon, Virginia. Later, Pulley was principal
of both the Drew Smith and Lillian Carey Centers for
the Mentally Retarded. Then, he was able to demonstrate
his superior competence as a principal and his unique
and creative talents as an educator to juggle schedules,
balance educational programs, and match specialized teaching
skills.
Mr. Earl Pulley had an unequivocal
gift of relating to students on all scholastic levels,
and had the capacity to
relate to people of all ages regardless of their intellectual
or socioeconomic status. He often said," In men
whom men condemn as ill and dangerous, I find so much
goodness still. In men whom men proclaim profound and
good, I find so much sin and blot. I dare not draw a
line between the two, when God has not."
Mr. Earl Pulley died on Saturday,
March 11, 1989, in a place he lovingly called, God's
Mountain, the Skycroft Religious Retreat Center, Middletown.
Maryland.
It is through his examples of exemplary
character, leadership and committment to excellence,
that his memory lives on in our students and in our school.
Dr. Diane Norris, the Assistant
Principal of Pulley Career Center is shown here with
Rev. Shirley Pulley and Earl Pulley's daughter, Ms. Vera
Strong. ( June 2004).
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