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2009-10 Principal Changes & Appointments
  

MNPS Announces Additional Principal Appointments for 2009-2010

Several Metro Schools will be under new leadership this fall, with the district announcing additional principal placements for 15 elementary schools, five middle schools and one high school. While some of the changes were made to fill vacancies created by retirements or the fresh starting of a school, others were prompted by openings created through transfers of principals into new positions. All were made under the recommendation of the associate superintendents for elementary, middle and high schools and are intended to put a strong leader with the right skills into the school that best fits his/her abilities, leadership style and expertise.

The elementary appointments include:

  • Roxie Ross to Whitsitt from Eakin
  • Dr. Carlos Comer to J.E. Moss from Caldwell
  • Alison Effinger to Eakin from J.E. Moss
  • Stephen Caraway to Norman Binkley from Whitsitt
  • Michael Ross to Caldwell from Napier
  • Renita Perkins to Chadwell from Cumberland
  • Bertha Brown to Cumberland from Inglewood
  • Kimber Halliburton to Harpeth Valley from Bellevue Middle
  • Clementine Chamberlain to Inglewood from Chadwell
  • Debra Smith to Jones Paideia from Central Office
  • Dr. Carol Hammond to McGavock Elementary from Norman Binkley
  • Dr. Sharon Williams to Napier from McGavock Elementary
  • Rob Hancock to Old Center from Brookmeade, which closed at the end of the school year
  • Thelma Smith to Ross, from Cora Howe, which closed at the end of the school year
  • Pam Greer to Shayne from Jones Paideia
  • Dianne Gilbert will remain at Shwab, which is being fresh started for the 2009-2010 school year
  • Amelia Brown to Una from Ross
In middle schools, the principal appointments include:

  • Dr. Kellie Hargis to Bellevue from Central Office
  • Dr. Sam Braden to Kennedy from Central Office
  • Karen Bryant to Litton from John Early
  • Jeanna Collins to Oliver from Ewing Park, which closed at the end of the school year
  • Beverly Bell, principal at Cameron Middle, will remain at that school, which is being fresh started for the 2009-2010 school year
MNPS has already announced the appointments of Mary Nollner to Antioch Middle, Dr. Tonya Dennis to John Early and Dr. Nancy Meador to Madison.

In high schools:

  • Darwin Mason will become principal of Cohn Alternative Learning Center, as well as remaining as principal of Cohn Adult High School
The district earlier this month announced new principals Robbin Wall, from Irving, Texas, at McGavock High, Hamilton County’s Stephen Ball as principal of East Literature, Karl Lang at Whites Creek, and Elaine Fahrner and Larry Saunders at the Academy at Cockrill and the Academy at Opry Mills – two new adult high schools opening this fall.

Each of the appointments announced today will take effect no later than July 1.