Southland principal battles leukemia with support from community

  • TROOK’S TRIBE Southland ISD Principal Jason Trook and his wife, Stephanie, and family members have shared updates on his recent leukemia diagnosis on the Trook’s Tribe Facebook page. | COURTESY PHOTO
    TROOK’S TRIBE Southland ISD Principal Jason Trook and his wife, Stephanie, and family members have shared updates on his recent leukemia diagnosis on the Trook’s Tribe Facebook page. | COURTESY PHOTO

    Friends, family and supporters across the South Plains have rallied around Jason Trook, the newly named principal at Southland ISD, following his diagnosis with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), a rare but highly treatable form of leukemia.

    According to updates shared through the “Trook’s Tribe Medical Updates” Facebook page, Trook was diagnosed in mid-May and immediately began treatment at Unive…