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Principal changes announced for SD43 schools

Coquitlam district plans changes in administration at several schools this fall

Principal changes finalized last week have been made public with many changes planned for September in School District 43 schools.

The following changes for the 2015/16 school year have been announced:

Elementary

Marsha Arnold moves from acting principal to principal at Mountain View; Laurie Birnie moves to principal at Irvine, from principal at Aspenwood; Nicole Daneault moves to principal at Anmore where she is now acting principal; Sean Della Vedova is now the principal of Aspenwood, moving from principal at Nestor; Diedre James is now the vice-principal at Maillard middle; moving from principal at Moody elementary; Marko Jankowiak is now the principal at James Park, moving from Lord Baden Powell; Petra Kintzinger is now the principal at Baker Drive, moving from James Park; Kate McMeiken moves from acting principal to principal at Mountain Meadows; Stacey Parmar is moving to principal of Heritage Mountain, moving from Baker Drive; Darlene Proulx is moving to principal of Nestor, moving from Irvine, Christine Potter-Smith is moving to principal at Lord Baden Powell, moving from Moody; Ray Appel is moving to vice-principal at Glen, moving from vice-principal at Hillcrest middle.

Middle

Laurie Ebenal is moving to principal at Kwayhquitlum, moving from principal of Aboriginal Education; Andrew Graham is moving to principal of Maple Creek, moving from Kwayhquitlum; Abby Soh is moving to principal at Citadel, moving from Banting; Glenda Speight, is moving to principal at Summit, moving from Citadel and Bill Trask is moving to principal at Banting, moving from Maple Creek.

As well, Sharon McKay becomes the vice-principal of Minnekhada, from teacher at CABE (Coquitlam Alternative Basic Education) school, and Tony Romano is moving to Hillcrest middle from vice-principal at Glen elementary.

Secondary

Todd Clerkson is moving to principal of Heritage Woods from vice-principal at Port Moody secondary and Ken Cober is moving to principal at Gleneagle,, moving from principal at Heritage Woods.

Janine Close is moving to vice-principal at Gleneagle from vice-principal at Centennial; J.J. Hyde moves to vice-principal at Riverside from vice-principal at Terry Fox, Rob Lederer moves to vice-principal at Dr. Charles Best, Andrew Lloyd moves to vice-principal of Heritage Woods from vice-principal at Gleneagle; Mark Rao moves to vice-principal at Heritage Woods from vice-principal at Dr. Charles Best; Todd Smith moves to vice-principal at Terry Fox from vice-principal Minnekhada middle and Kelly Zimmer moves to vice--principal Centennial from principal Heritage Mountain elementary.

Meanwhile at the district level, Devon Ross moves from acting principal to principal of facilities initiatives while Cindi Seddon moves from principal at Summit middle to principal at CABE.