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| Nellie Brooks-Quander |
Nellie Quander was appointed to several public school administrator positions including the assistant principal at Cora Kelly and Jefferson Houston Elementary Schools; Fairfax County’s Hybla Valley School principal (1972) and at other schools within the county. During the years of integrating Virginia public schools, she became Assistant to the Fairfax County Schools Superintendent and an Area Coordinator. In 1978, she was elected President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals and appointed to the State Board of Community College Governors. She retired in 1989, after 37 years as an educator. Nellie is the oldest sister of Major General Leo Brooks.
