Wayne County Public Schools announces administrative changes
By Phyllis Moore
Published in News on July 26, 2018 5:50 AM
The Wayne County Board of Education approved seven principal changes and a smattering of administrative moves during its Monday evening meeting.
Rosewood Middle School principal Brian Weeks will take over the role at Norwayne Middle. He replaces Lisa Tart, who had earlier been named middle and secondary curriculum coordinator for the district.
Weeks began his education career in 2003. Prior to becoming principal at Rosewood Middle in 2016, he had served as principal of Goldsboro High. His career also includes stints as assistant principal at Goldsboro High, Southern Wayne High and Northeast Elementary. Before transitioning to school administration in 2009, he taught math and science at Brogden Middle School. Weeks' educational background includes a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in educational administration.
Catherine Lassiter, Eastern Wayne Middle principal since 2005, will become principal of Rosewood Middle. During her 24-year career, she has been principal of Belfast Academy and Mount Olive Middle and an assistant principal at Eastern Wayne Middle. She began her education career in 1994 as a middle school language arts and social studies teacher in Franklin County. She has a bachelor's degree in middle grades education and master's degrees in instructional technology and school administration.
Spring Creek Middle assistant principal Dexter Evans will become principal of Eastern Wayne Middle. In the profession since 1992, he has held roles as physical education teacher at Northeast Elementary and Southern Wayne before being named assistant principal at Grantham School in 2001. He was named principal of Southern Academy in 2004, where he spent four years. He has since served as an assistant principal at Charles B. Aycock High, Rosewood High, Southern Wayne High and Spring Creek Middle. Evans has earned a bachelor's degree in physical education, a master's degree in physical education exercise science, and a master's degree in school administration.
Spring Creek Elementary principal since 2015, Nicole Barrett, will be principal for Grantham Elementary. Her career began in 1996, as a third grade teacher at North Drive Elementary. In 2006, she became curriculum facilitator at Goldsboro Intermediate School before entering administration the following year as assistant principal at the school. In 2008, she was named the assistant principal at Spring Creek Elementary. She holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in education and K-12 leadership.
Antoinette Ward, Grantham Elementary principal since 2015, will take over the reins at Carver Elementary. She holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in school administration. She began her 27-year career as second-grade teacher in Winterville before spending seven years as an elementary curriculum specialist at Carver. She has also taught at Brogden Primary and North Drive Elementary, and been an early intervention reading specialist and a Title I coordinator/home school coordinator at North Drive Elementary.
Carver Elementary principal, Lori Goodman, will be the new principal for Spring Creek Elementary. Earning a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in school administration, Goodman has 22 years education experience and served in her present role since 2011. She also gained experience as assistant principal of Goldsboro High and Dillard Middle and served as a curriculum facilitator and elementary teacher at Grantham School.
Spring Creek Middle interim principal Cheryll Price was officially named principal of the school. She had served as interim since the start of last school year.
In addition to naming new principals, 11 schools will have new assistant principals and elementary curriculum specialists in the fall: Charles B. Aycock High assistant principal, Harold Barnes, will be a new assistant principal at Eastern Wayne High. Rosewood High assistant principal, Justin Bruyer, will be a new assistant principal at Charles B. Ayock High. Eastern Wayne Middle assistant principal, Charles Crumpler, will be the new assistant principal at Rosewood High. Mount Olive Middle assistant principal, Terry Fenwick, will be the new elementary curriculum specialist at Eastern Wayne Elementary. Carver Heights Elementary teacher, Winter Goodson, will be the new elementary curriculum specialist at the school. Exceptional Children's Program assistant director, Dawn Herring, will be the new assistant principal at Tommy's Road Elementary. Eastern Wayne High assistant principal, Carol Hollar-Watson, will be the new assistant principal at Eastern Wayne Middle. Eastern Wayne Elementary assistant principal, Shonise Jacobs, will be the new assistant principal at Spring Creek Elementary. Tommy's Road Elementary assistant principal, Lois Marshall, will be the new assistant principal at Eastern Wayne Elementary. Greenwood Middle physical education teacher, Jeffrey Winbush, will a new assistant principal at Goldsboro High. Spring Creek Elementary assistant principal, Alan Williams, will be the new assistant principal at Spring Creek Middle.
"These school administrators have the experience, leadership skills and passion necessary to positively impact the schools and the communities in which they are located," said superintendent Dr. Dunsmore. "My administrative cabinet looks forward to working with all of them in their new roles and providing them the necessary supports to help them have a smooth transition."
Two changes at the district office were also announced this week.
Sonja Emerson, program manager for the exceptional children's program, will now be the lead administrator and primary contact for the district's Exceptional Children's Program.
Dr. Cynthia Reynolds, director of secondary education/accreditation since 2010, has been named director of student and family support.
She has worked in education since 1998, when she was hired as a business education teacher in Charlotte. She moved to Johnston County in 1999, where she was a business education/technology teacher. She joined WCPS in 2003, as a business education teacher at GHS before being named assistant principal at Spring Creek High in 2004.
Her educational background includes a bachelor's degree in business administration, a master's degree in educational leadership and a doctorate in K-12 education leadership.