Board names administrator and principal

At its meeting Tuesday, the Board of Education named Rebecca Hargraves senior director for Compensation Services and Kimberly Short principal at Ballentine Elementary.

Hargraves will now lead the WCPSS staff that manages payroll and benefits for school system employees. She has served as a senior administrator in WCPSS Transportation, a director for business applications in WCPSS Technology Services and a senior administrator in the WCPSS Budget Department. She began working with WCPSS in 1990 as a payroll technician in WCPSS Compensation Services.

Short has served as assistant principal at Ballentine Elementary since 2006. Prior to that, she was an assistant principal intern at Ballentine Elementary, and was a teacher at Morrisville Elementary, Weatherstone Elementary, Baucom Elementary and East Cary Middle. Short is a visiting instructor and has served as a clinical supervisor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at NC State University. She is a NC Principal Fellow and took part in the Principals' Executive Program for Developing Future Leaders in 2003. She has also served as an educational consultant at the local, state and national level.

The board named new assistant principals including Tracie Sauers at Durant Road Elementary, Robert Grant at Briarcliff Elementary and Dwayne Cook at Wake Forest Rolesville High. Named as interim assistant principals were retired principal Susanne Warren at Sanderson High, retired principal Gary Gammill at Oak Grove Elementary, Cheryl Munn at Sanderson High and Jeremy Gibbs at Davis Drive Middle.

Posted by Bill Poston at 11:20 AM on March 06, 2008 | Leave Feedback

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