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Four New Principals Assigned To Area Schools
BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor
Last week, Jeff Eakins, Superintendent of the Hills- borough County School Dis- trict, assigned four principals to area schools. He also re- located four other principals. The newly appointed princi- pals will step into their roles beginning on June 5th.
Superintendent Ea- kins said the selection for new principals involves un- derstanding the particular needs of a school and then seeking to find the right match to meet those needs.
The newly appointed principals are: Renel Math- urin, Ms. Larissa McCoy, Ms. Lisa Varnum, and Ms. Mary Hewett.
Renel Mathurin cur- rently serves as the Assistant Principal for Elementary In- struction at Shaw Elemen- tary School. He will become the Principal of MOSI Part- nership Elementary School.
Ms. Larissa McCoy
currently serves as the Assis- tant Principal for Curriculum at Leto High School. She will become the Principal of Leto High School.
Ms. Lisa Varnum cur- rently serves as the Assistant Principal for Elementary In- struction at Yates Elemen- tary School. She will assume
RENEL MATHURIN
the duties of Principal at Thonotosassa Elementary School
Ms. Mary Hewett cur- rently serves as the Assistant Principal for Elementary Ed- ucation at Nelson Elemen- tary School. She has been elevated to the role of Princi- pal at Nelson Elementary School.
Principals who will be re- located are as follows:
Ms. Mary Freitas will leave Lennard High School to serve at Sickles High School.
Ms. Joanne Griffiths
will become the Principal at Cimino Elementary School. She is leaving Cahoon Ele- mentary Magnet School.
Brent Weaver is leav- ing Davidson Middle School as its principal to become the principal of Martinez Middle School.
Scott Weaver was as-
LARISSA McCOY
signed as Principal of Mar- tinez Middle School. His new assignment is to become the principal at Roland Park K-8 Magnet School.
In addition to approving the new principals and trans- fers, the Hillsborough County School Board ap- proved the transfer of several assistant principals.
Ms. Sharon Ambrose,
Assistant Principal for Ele- mentary Instruction at Broward Elementary School, will become the Assistant Principal for Student Affairs at Rampello K-8.
Ms. Renee Best has been reassigned to become the Assistant Principal for Elementary Instruction at Shaw Elementary School. She was the Assistant Princi- pal for Elementary Instruc- tion at Claywell Elementary School.
Brad Brooks, Assistant
LISA VARNUM
Principal for Student Affairs at Shields Middle School. He is leaving Webb Middle School as its Assistant Prin- cipal for Student Affairs.
Willie Hughes, Assis- tant Principal for Elementary Instruction at Robles Ele- mentary School. He formerly served as Assistant Principal for Elementary Instruction at Clair Mel Elementary School.
Toby Johnson is leav- ing Coleman Middle School, where he was Assistant Prin- cipal of Student Affairs to be- come the Assistant Principal for Student Affairs at Memo- rial Middle School.
Ms. Jeanine Sadler
will become the Assistant Principal for Elementary In- struction at Clair Mel Ele- mentary School. She was formerly assigned to Stowers
MARY HEWETT
Elementary School as its As- sistant Principal for Elemen- tary Instruction.
Robert Stingone has been re-assigned from his role as Assistant Principal for Student Affairs at Dowdell Middle School to become the Assistant Principal for Stu- dent Affairs at Shields Mid- dle School.
Melvin Williams will become the Assistant Princi- pal for Administration at Armwood High School. He currently serves as Assistant Principal for Student Affairs at Brandon EPIC 3 Center
Ms. Jody Woods, As- sistant Principal for Admin- istration at Chamberlain High School. She formerly served as the Assistant Prin- cipal for Administration at Gaither High School.
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