The Roger Bacon Academy
Mark Cramer
Mark CramerLeland, NC: June 24, 2011 – The Roger Bacon Academy is proud to announce that Superintendent and CEO Mark Cramer has been appointed to the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission. Mr. Cramer was appointed to the post by North Carolina Speaker of the House, Thom Tillis. The NC Principal Fellows Commission position includes administering the Principal Fellows Program and determining the selection criteria, methods of selection, and selection recipients to receive scholarship loans made under the program. The term of service is for 4 years.
“We are honored that Mr. Cramer has been appointed to this commission by Speaker Tillis,” stated Brad Barth, Director of Public Affairs. “And we are encouraged that the successful records of charter schools are being seen as positive and productive influences within the public education system of North Carolina.”
Mark Cramer is a Trustee and the original Headmaster for Charter Day School in Leland, NC, and he is currently Superintendent of the Leland school and Columbus Charter School in Whiteville. The two schools have grown to a combined enrolment of over 1,500 students since beginning classes in 2000. Cramer also serves as the Chief Executive Officer for The Roger Bacon Academy an educational management company for charter schools. After retiring as a Major from the U.S. Marine Corps, he continued his passion for education as a principal of a private school in Okinawa, Japan before coming to Wilmington, NC.