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New Principals Announced for Five Schools
Guilford County Schools (GCS) announces the appointment of principals for five schools. Their positions will begin on July 1.
Gregory Newlin will be the new principal at Grimsley High. He replaces Anna Brady, who will serve as the executive director of the Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy. Newlin is currently the principal at C.E. Jordan High in Durham, N.C. He has also served as principal at Lexington Senior High in Lexington, N.C. and as assistant principal at North Mecklenburg High in Huntersville, N.C.
High Point Central High will be served by Robert Christina, an assistant principal from Southwest Middle. Christina has also held assistant principal positions at High Point Central High, Eastern High, Grimsley High, Parkland High in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, and Western Alamance High and Hugh M. Cummings High in Alamance-Burlington School System.
Marshall Matson, who has served as the principal for Peeler Open Elementary since 2007, will be the new principal at Mendenhall Middle. Matson's professional experience includes serving as the program director for the North Carolina New Schools Project, as an administrator at Edgecombe Middle in Tarboro, N.C. and as a school change facilitator at Pines Elementary in Plymouth, N.C.
Merrie Conaway will be the new principal at Foust Elementary. She currently serves as the principal of Lindley Elementary. Previously, Conaway served as a school counselor at Grimsley High. She has also held positions at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a student teacher supervisor in the Department of Education and as a career counselor for Career and Disability Services.
Gerald O'Donnell will serve as principal at Montlieu Elementary Academy of Technology. He is currently an assistant principal at Northeast High. O'Donnell's career has also included positions as a curriculum facilitator and teacher at Bessemer Elementary.