-Press Release, Vance County Schools
The Vance County Board of Education at its meeting on Monday, May 14, approved several administrative changes in Vance County Schools for the 2018-2019 school year.
The changes involve new assignments for several principals and assistant principals in the school district.
New appointments for principals include:
- Debbie Hite, current principal of Early College High School, to district administrator for Student Support Services in the Administrative Services Center
- Andrew Markoch, current principal of Northern Vance High School, to administrator on special assignment at Vance County High School
- Crystal Richardson, current principal of Clarke Elementary School, to principal on special assignment at Vance County Middle School
- Travis Taylor, current principal at Eaton-Johnson Middle School, to principal of Early College High School
- Kristian Herring, current principal of Zeb Vance Elementary School, to principal of STEM Early High School
- Dr. John Hargrove, current principal of Henderson Middle School, to principal of Zeb Vance Elementary School
Administrative appointments for assistant principals approved by the board include:
- Cassandra Evans to assistant principal at E.O. Young, Jr. Elementary School
- Lemondre Watson to assistant principal at Vance County Middle School
- Sandra Byrd to assistant principal at Vance County Middle School
- Angela Pugh to assistant principal at Vance County Middle School
- Kevin Ross to assistant principal at Vance County Middle School
- Desmond Thompson to assistant principal at Vance County High School
- McShell Edmonds to assistant principal at Vance County High School
- Cyrus Waters to assistant principal at Vance County High School
- Alice Hinson to assistant principal at Vance County High School
- Mark Lawhorne to assistant principal at AdVance Academy/Youth Empowerment Academy
- Edward Ortega to assistant principal intern at E.M. Rollins Elementary School
- Melonee Hunter to assistant principal intern at Vance County High School and STEM Early College High School
- Shannon Bullock to assistant principal at Vance County Middle School
All of the appointments are effective July 1, with the exception of the intern appointments which are effective August 1.
“With these administrative appointments, I am very pleased that we can utilize the outstanding talents of our district’s administrators to lead our schools,” said Superintendent Anthony Jackson. “We are fortunate to have talented leaders who will work well with our educators and our students in the coming school year to provide quality educational opportunities.”