Manassas Park City Schools introduces Kip Tuttle as new Manassas Park Middle School principal

The Manassas Park City Schools board on an unspecified meeting date introduced Kip Tuttle as the incoming principal of Manassas Park Middle School.

The introduction matters because the principal is the district's on-site leader for the middle school and will set building-level priorities affecting students, staff and families.

Pam Kelso introduced Tuttle, describing her as a lifelong educator and noting she is a graduate of West Virginia University and the University of Virginia. Kelso said Tuttle has been the assistant principal at Johnson Williams Middle School in Clark County since 2006, has led professional development, served as the administrative designee for special education, worked on master scheduling and has demonstrated instructional leadership. Kelso also noted that in 2019 the Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals named Tuttle the Virginia Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year.

Tuttle thanked the board and district leaders and said she has been ‘‘overwhelmingly impressed by the staff’’ she met during the hiring process. She said she is committed to teaching, deep learning, collaboration and ‘‘a steadfast commitment in the belief in all students, each student, every day.’’ Tuttle told the board she looks forward to meeting staff, students and families this summer to learn about local traditions and to work in partnership with the community.

The board welcomed Tuttle; the remarks at the meeting constituted an introduction and public welcome rather than a recorded board vote on an appointment in the available transcript documentation.