Mark Anderson has been around schools, students, classrooms, and education for so long even he can’t quite remember exactly when it all started.
Was it when he started running a summer program for the city of Scottsdale when he was only 16? Within a year there were hundreds of kids in the program that blossomed into an after-school responsibility during the school year. Or was it at a young age when he helped his mom, who for 32 years was a special ed teacher herself?
What is clear is the moment he knew he wanted to be a principal.