Beaverton Schools Announce New Principals, Assistant Principals for 2017-2018 School Year

BEAVERTON, OR – The Beaverton School District announced a handful of administrative changes Monday, adding to the changes previously announced in March.

On April 3, BSD spokeswoman Maureen Wheeler identified Mike Alpert, Kim Hawks, Rod Barraclough, and Lori Krumm as new (or transitioning) assistant principals in the district.

"It's typical in a district our size to see changes like this in the spring," Wheeler told Patch Monday, noting that as annual retirements are announced staff and faculty throughout the district look for opportunities to advance.

Beginning July 1:

• Alpert will leave his position as Dean of Students for Mountainview Middle School in the Newberg School District to take over at Cedar Park Middle School, replacing assistant principal Jeff Wright, who is retiring;
• Hawks will take over at Five Oaks Middle School, replacing resigning principal Michelle Harris. After four years, Hawks is leaving her student manager position at Conestoga Middle School;
• Currently the assistant principal at Westview High School, Barraclough is being transferred to Mountainside High School, which will open in September for the 2017-2018 school year; and
• Krumm will replace Cindy Russell as the assistant principal of Southridge High School. Russell will join Barraclough as a Mountainside assistant principal, while Krumm steps down from her two-year role as assistant administrator of special education.

Wheeler announced in March that Paul Marietta, Amy Chamberlain, Melissa Murray, Bjorn Paige and Rachel Sip would take on principal positions throughout the district also beginning July 1.

• Marietta will resign from his position as Minneapolis Public Schools Associate Superintendent to take over at Barnes Elementary School for Veronica de la Paz Jones, who has resigned;
• After four years as assistant principal at Findley Elementary Chamberlain will take over at Cedar Mills Elementary School, replacing retired principal Brian Horne;
• Murray will join the BSD as principal of William Walker Elementary School, stepping in for retiring principal Joann Hulquist. Murray comes from a K-6 principal position in Madera, Calif.;
• Another California transplant, Paige comes to the BSD from San Dieguito High School Academy in Encinitas, where he has also been principal. Paige will take over at the Arts and Communication Magnet Academy, replacing retiring principal Michael Johnson; and
• Sip replaces retiring Merlo Station High School principal Mary Jean Katz. Sip was formerly a special education teacher at Beaverton High School before moving to the Wilson River School in Tillamook, where she is currently principal.

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