Superintendent Finalizes Principal Appointments 

The Superintendent of Knox County Schools completed the last of nine principal appointment actions for the coming school year yesterday.

The principal appointments made by Dr. Charles Lindsey were necessitated by retirements, transfers and other personnel actions impacting several of Knox County Schools 77 elementary, middle and high school principals.

“This is not an unusual year for principal moves,” said Betty Sue Sparks, Knox County Schools Human Resource Director. “A single retirement or resignation can generate a number of principal moves as filling one open position often creates an additional opening. Our goal throughout the process is to ensure we have the strongest administrative team that we can create at each school. We are really happy with these assignments, and we look forward to the coming school year.”

The new principal assignments are:

Central High, School Jon Miller
Farragut Middle School, Dick Dalhaus
Hardin Valley Elementary School, Karen Milani
Lonsdale Elementary School, Lisa Light
Maynard Elementary School, Brenda Reliford
New Hopewell Elementary School, Melanie Harb
RidgedaIe Elementary School, Carolyn Lee
West Hills Elementary School, Pat Shelburne (interim)
West View Elementary School, Melvenia Smith

Pat Shellburne was appointed as interim principal at West Hills Elementary School due to the requested leave of absence by Principal Vickie Andrews.

Other administrative assignments made this year include:

Bearden High School Assistant Principal, Scott Witt
Elementary Supervisor, Kathy Sims
Elementary Supervisor, Barbara Clark
Farragut High School Assistant Principal, Julie Langley
Information Systems Team Leader, Bill Parker
Karns High School Assistant Principal, David Bell
Karns Middle School Assistant Principa, l Sonya Winstead
West Hills Elementary School Assistant Principa, Lynn Draper (Interim)

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