Telfair Elementary School Principal Jose Razo, at left, his wife Cristina, right, and daughters Angelica, 9, foreground left, and Mia, 5, talk around the island in the kitchen of their home in Sylmar.

Sherman, the new principal at Denver’s Valdez Elementary School, is trying to get kids into the school’s new dual-language Montessori program for preschool and kindergarten.

As part of the promotion, her salary increased from $44,579 to $70,526. The promotion came about four months after she filed her affidavit.

CAMBRIDGE -- The 40 members of the Cambridge High School Class of 2003 were urged before family and friends Saturday night to realize that they are now in charge.