Principal fondly remembered

By MetroNews Staff

July 19, 2014 - 8:45 am

Parkersburg South High Principal Tom Eschbacher was respected and well-liked.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Wood County school officials announced Friday Parkersburg South High School Principal Tom Eschbacher died at a hospital early Friday morning. He was 51.

He was named the 2009 West Virginia Principal of the Year.

Eschbacher survived brain tumor surgery in 2008.

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