The person who is currently overseeing the last cohort of 5th and 6th grade students at Walker Upper Elementary School will be on the ground in the call when both sets of pupils move up to the next school.
Dr. Summerlyn Thompson will be the principal of Charlottesville Middle School in the next academic year, the first year that the expanded and renovated school will include 6th grade students.
“We are very fortunate to bring Dr. Thompson to the helm as we officially complete reconfiguration and welcome 6th graders to the middle school this August,” said Dr. Royal A. Gurley, Superintendent of Charlottesville City Schools, in a March 6 press release…