The Muscogee County School District will have a new principal, a new assistant principal and a new director of a special-education program if the MCSD board approves the following appointments recommended by superintendent David Lewis:
- Gloria Anna Nevarez Bernal-Askew to be principal of Arnold Middle School
- Cynthea Applegate to be assistant principal of Blanchard Elementary School
- Tiffany Collins to be director of the Woodall Program, which serves students with emotional and behavioral disorders that prevent them from succeeding at a traditional school.
The board is scheduled to vote on these recommendations during its next monthly meeting, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m.
The Ledger-Enquirer didn’t reach Lewis for comment before publication. But based on the resumes attached to the board’s agenda, here is background information about the recommended candidates:
New principal of Arnold Middle School
Bernal-Askew has been an educator for 18 years, including as assistant principal at Arnold since July. She would succeed interim principal Ricky Stone. It’s unclear why Stacy Day left the position.
From 2008-14, Bernal-Askew worked as an English teacher, then a school improvement and a teacher leadership specialist. Her resume doesn’t specify which years she worked at which schools, but she listed MCSD’s Academic Success Center, Jordan Vocational High School and Sumter County Schools…