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School board approves large slate of principal and leadership appointments across Chesapeake schools
Summary
The board approved a multi‑dozen list of administrative transfers, promotions and interim assignments, including a new director of purchasing effective Aug. 4, 2025, and several principal reassignments effective July 1.
The Chesapeake School Board voted May 20 to approve a broad list of administrative appointments across the division, including promotions, principal reassignments and interim principal assignments that take effect this summer and in August.
Superintendent Dr. Cotton presented the recommendations and the motion to approve the slate was made by Board Member John McCormick and seconded by Vice Chair Jennifer Scott; the board approved the package with all members voting yes.
Key named appointments in the slate - Joseph A. M. Davis: promoted from deputy director, United States Army (listed in presentation) to Director of Purchasing, School Administration Building; effective Aug. 4, 2025. - Felicia A. Gray Frazier: from principal, Treacle Elementary, to Director of Elementary School Leadership, School Administration Building; July 1 start noted. - Quentin E. Hicks: from principal, Western Branch High School, to Director of High School Leadership, School Administration Building; July 1 start. - Barry C. Brown: from principal, Deep Creek Central Elementary, to interim Assistant Director of Exceptional Learning, School Administration Building; July 1 start. - Multiple principal and assistant principal reassignments across Deep Creek, Joliff, Hickory, Butts Road, Western Branch, Camelot and other schools, and interim principal appointment of Sharon L. Popson to Carver Intermediate.
Why it matters: The approved changes reassign building leadership and central office directors ahead of the 2025–26 school year, affecting school leadership continuity and reporting structures at several elementary, middle and high schools.
Board procedure and timing The superintendent said most appointments in the package are recommended with a July 1 start date; one specific appointment to director of purchasing was listed as effective Aug. 4, 2025. The board voted on the entire slate as a single consent/action item rather than on individual names.
What the record shows The approved slate includes promotions from within the division and several interim placements; the board did not take separate votes on each name. Details of individual employment contracts, salary changes or interim assignment length were not provided during the presentation and were not specified in the meeting record.
