More than a decade after leaving the social studies classroom, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Peter Tragos, New Trier High School’s next superintendent, continues to share historical tidbits with students. “If you go back and look in the archives, before Superintendent [F.E.] Clerk, there was a long-standing interim superintendent,” Tragos said. “Her name was Elizabeth Packer, and she doesn’t necessarily get recognized as being the superintendent, but she served, for all intents and purposes, as the superintendent of the district for many, many years before Clerk.” “She should be known in our own history,” Tragos said. Editor-in-Chief William Karr wrote the story. Read More - Link in Bio