The Wire
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The Wire

Claudell Withers is the principal of Edward J. Tilghman Middle School.

Biography[]

Background[]

Withers became principal of Tilghman in 1995.

Season 4[]

Withers is regarded as something of a renegade. He entrusts much of the operation of the school to Assistant Principal Marcia Donnelly. Withers goes out on a limb to allow Dr. David Parenti and Howard "Bunny" Colvin to launch a controversial pilot study at his school. Withers holds the education department’s administrators in low regard and refers to their headquarters on North Avenue as the puzzle palace.[1]

Production[]

Appearances[]

Season 4
"Boys of Summer" "Soft Eyes" "Home Rooms" "Refugees" "Alliances"
"Margin of Error" "Unto Others" "Corner Boys" "Know Your Place" "Misgivings"
"A New Day" "That's Got His Own" "Final Grades"

References[]

  1. Character profile – Principal Claudell Withers. HBO (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-29.
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