The Board of Education met Monday evening to approve appointments of six new principals and eight new vice principals, which set in motion reassignments of most elementary school principals. Four long-serving principals, Annie Blount, Deborah Hile, Peggy Mertes and Jervie Petty, are retiring at the end of this week, creating opening and a shift in assignments. The Board of Education on Monday unanimously voted to accept the Superintendent’s recommendations. All changes take effect July 1.
The Board approved the appointments of the following new principals:
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Verniece Rorie, vice principal at Walter J. Mitchell Elementary School, appointed as principal at Mitchell;
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Stephanie Nottingham, vice principal at Eva Turner Elementary School, appointed as principal of Turner;
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Kathy Kiessling, vice principal at John Hanson Middle School, appointed as principal at Hanson;
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Sonia Jones, acting principal at Matthew Henson Middle School, appointed as principal of Henson;
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Kathy Perriello, vice principal at General Smallwood Middle School, appointed as principal at Smallwood; and
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Principal reassignments approved by the Superintendent are
Bradley Snow, vice principal at Maurice J. McDonough High School, appointed as principal of McDonough.
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Kimberly Hairston, from C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School to Dr. Samuel A. Mudd Elementary School;
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Robert Opiekun, from Dr. Mudd to J.P. Ryon Elementary School;
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Virginia McGraw, from Ryon to William B. Wade Elementary School;
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Amy DiSabatino, from Wade to Barnhart;
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Darryl Evans, from Berry Elementary School to Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School;
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Marvin Jones, from Brown to Berry;
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Kathleen Morgan, from Turner to Dr. Thomas L. Higdon Elementary School;Linda Gill, from Mitchell to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer Elementary School;
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Thadine Wright, from Jenifer to J.C. Parks Elementary School;
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Kristin Shields, from Parks to Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy Elementary School;
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Gregory Miller, from Arthur Middleton Elementary School to T.C. Martin Elementary School; and
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Sabrina Robinson-Taylor, from T.C. Martin to Middleton.
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The Board approved the appointments of the following new v
