Jack Leatherman

Everyone "thought I was crazy to have that boy going to Ballou," said Jachin's father, John Leatherman.A white man who has been married to and divorced twice from black women, Leatherman is a cosmetology teacher at Ballou who once styled the hair of songstresses Dionne Warwick and Nancy Wilson.

My name would simply be Jack."
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Everyone "thought I was crazy to have that boy going to Ballou," said Jachin's father, John Leatherman.A white man who has been married to and divorced twice from black women, Leatherman is a cosmetology teacher at Ballou who once styled the hair of songstresses Dionne Warwick and Nancy Wilson.

Jack Leatherman is a vocational teacher at Ballou Senior High School , the second one.When asked if he felt his school's curriculum was as effective as it should be , he answered , When you add the words 'should be , ' I would certainly have to say no..But we are doing as well as we can -- and so much better than has ever been done before.When you understand where Ballou was at one time in history , we're probably making strides that are far surpassing those that would have been expected of us three or four years ago , he said.

I have been at other schools that were somewhat lackadaisical , but here everyone is positively concerned in raising the standards of our children , he said.It's twofold.