Eight schools in the Cumberland County district will have new principals in the fall.
The Board of Education has approved the following assignments:
- Timberly Jones is the new principal of Westarea Elementary School. She has been assistant principal at Warrenwood Elementary School.
- Sharley Ditmore is the new principal of Max Abbott Middle School. She has been assistant principal at Spring Lake Middle School.
- Shawn O’Connor is the new principal at South View Middle School. He has been the assistant superintendent of human resources for Hoke County Schools.
- Marcus Stewart is the new principal at Sunnyside Elementary School. He has been an assistant principal at Pine Forest High School.
- Rachel Andress is the new principal at William H. Owen Elementary School. She has been assistant principal at Massey Hill Classical High School.
- Amanda Hefner is the new principal at Margaret Willis Elementary School, moving from assistant principal at Ben Martin Elementary School.
- Ebony Forte-Johnson was named principal at Manchester Elementary School. She had been assistant principal at Gray’s Creek Middle School.
- Brooke Griffie is the new principal at Beaver Dam Elementary School. She was previously an assistant principal at Cape Fear High School.
