As a proud past student of JMA Armstrong High School in Salisbury, NB, where all my children currently attend school as well,  I was very surprised and saddened to hear the name of our local high school will be changing in 2022. Stripping this earned and well deserved title from a Master Educator from our small community is uncalled for. This title was awarded in 1981 to John Melvin Adair Armstrong (1907-1997) for the positive influence he made on our community. He was the principle for 18 years of SRHS. He started Air cadets in our community. 
Please read on about the man who’s name is proudly on our school and sign below if you think the school needs to keep his namesake. 
~Veronica (Perry) Keenan

John Melvin Adair Armstrong
1907~1997
John Melvin Adair Armstrong was born in 1907 in Apohaqui, New Brunswick. He graduated from Sussex High School in 1925 and in 1926 from Provincial Normal School (Teacher's College) in Fredericion.
After teaching in rural schools for four years, he returned to McDonald College of McGill University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1934.
After completing his degree, he returned to teaching as principal at Jacquet River High School from 1934 - 1938.
In September of 1950, he commenced an 18 year period of service as Principal of Salisbury Regional High School, and was also Secretary of the Salisbury Regional School Board, During this period, he earned a Bachelor of Education
degree from the University of New Brunswick. He continued his interest in Air Cadets by helping to organize an Air Cadet Corp in Salisbury.
He kept his interest in education by serving as a supply teacher and was named District Supervisor for School Districts 14, 16, and 17 for the 1969/1970 school year.
Throughout his retirement years, Mr. Armstrong maintained a keen interest in education. In 1981, he was honoured by having the new high school built in Salisbury named after him.
On Thursday. October 2, 1997, we were saddened to learn that Mr. Armstrong had passed away at the Moncton
Hospital after a lengthly illness. We proudly dedicnte the 1998 IM A Armstrong High School yearbook, Forever Young, to the school's namesake, John Melvin Adair Armstrong.