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School board approves four new principals, names transportation executive director
Summary
As part of the consent agenda, the board approved four elementary principals -- including founding principals for two new schools -- and named an executive director of Transportation Services who will begin March 3.
The Stafford County School Board approved a consent agenda that included the appointment of four principals and the executive director of Transportation Services.
The board approved the consent package by voice vote, recorded as 7-0.
Who was approved and why it matters Doctor Zachary Smith introduced the appointments. The approvals include: - Karen Bingham, founding principal for the new Elementary School 18; Bingham previously served as principal at Widewater Elementary School and led the division's first dual-language immersion program. - JR Raybould, founding principal for new Elementary School 19; Raybould has 24 years with Stafford as a teacher, assistant principal and principal at Conway Elementary. - Christina Herrera, principal at Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School; Herrera joins Stafford from Prince William County where she served as teacher and assistant principal and led efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism. - Rachel Novak, principal at Ferry Farm Elementary School; Novak previously served as principal at Kate Waller Barrett and as assistant principal at Widewater Elementary. - John Wilcox, executive director of Transportation Services; Wilcox joins Stafford from Houston Independent School District and is scheduled to begin March 3.
Board members introduced the appointees at the meeting and several appointees spoke briefly, thanking the board and describing priorities for their new schools.
Discussion vs. formal action The appointments were bundled in the consent agenda; the board motion to approve the consent agenda passed 7-0. There were no separate roll-call votes recorded in the transcript for each individual appointment.
Ending Board members and new appointees expressed gratitude and welcomed the new leaders to their roles.
