New Principal Appointed At Edgemont School In Montclair

MONTCLAIR, NJ — A Montclair resident with children in the public school district will be taking over the helm of Edgemont School, administrators announced Wednesday.

During the Feb. 17 meeting of the Montclair Board of Education, Briony Carr-Clemente was appointed principal at Edgemont School. She will take over the reins on April 20.

Former Hillside principal, Mike Chiles, is serving as interim principal at the school.

Carr-Clemente’s appointment came on the recommendation of Montclair School Superintendent Jonathan Ponds.

Ponds’ office shared the following information about Carr-Clemente’s qualifications:

“Carr-Clemente comes to Montclair with 22 years of experience in the field of education. She has worked in school systems in NJ, PA and NY. She was an AmeriCorps member in Paterson, taught middle school in Philadelphia and Harlem, and elementary school in the Bronx. In addition to teaching, she was a principal in Harlem, the Bronx, and Perth Amboy, NJ. Her breadth of experience also includes being a selector for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and she has participated in trainings in a variety of academic and social-emotional practices and approaches such as Restorative Justice, Equity, Anti-Racism, Trauma-Sensitive/Trauma-Informed, Emotional Intelligence (Yale Center), and Blended Learning.”

District administrators continued:

“Carr-Clemente began her education earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Douglass College, Rutgers University, a Master of Science in Elementary Education from Hunter College, The City University of New York, and a Certificate of Advanced Study from the College of Saint Rose. She holds Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 6, School Administrator/Supervisor, and School District Administrator New Jersey certificates.”

“With her strong instructional background and experience in many of the initiatives that the district is undertaking, we are confident that she will serve the Edgemont community well,” Ponds said.

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