At its March 31 meeting, the Board of Education named four new principals and an interim principal.
The board named Drew Cook principal at Garner High, Greta Dula principal at Ligon Middle, Julia Smith principal at West Lake Elementary and Steven Moore principal at Fuquay-Varina Elementary.
Cook has served as assistant principal of Garner High since 2005. Prior to that, he was an assistant principal intern and a teacher at Garner High. He was the school’s Teacher of the Year in 2003-04.
Dula has served as principal of Wildwood Forest Elementary since 2006. Prior to that, she was principal of elementary schools in Durham and Franklin counties. She was an assistant principal at Oak Grove Elementary and was a teacher at Durant Road Elementary and Lead Mine Elementary. She was Franklin County’s Principal of the Year in 2003.
Smith has served as assistant principal of Sycamore Creek Elementary since 2008. Prior to that, she was assistant principal at Durant Road Elementary for five years. She was an assistant principal and teacher in Durham Public Schools.
Moore has served as assistant principal of Timber Drive Elementary since 2006. Prior to that, he was an instructional resource teacher, assistant principal intern and teacher at Timber Drive Elementary.
The board named retired principal Charles Langley to continue serving as interim principal at West Lake Elementary.
At its March 17 meeting, the Board of Education named two new principals: Ve-Lecia Council for Sanford Creek Elementary and Sandy Chambers for Brier Creek Elementary.
Council has served as principal at Baucom Elementary since 2005. Prior to that, she was assistant principal at Leesville Road Elementary, an assistant principal intern at West Lake Elementary and a teacher at West Lake Elementary and Rand Road Elementary.
Chambers has served as an elementary school principal in the Durham Public Schools since 2004. Prior to that, she was an assistant principal and teacher at Durham elementary schools.