[CrozetEagle] Media Release

[Tammy Dance-Skinner]

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release


DATE: June 12, 2006
CONTACT: 	Pamela Moran, Superintendent	
PHONE: 434-296-5826	

Albemarle County Announces Administrative Changes

(ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Virginia) –The Albemarle County School Board announces the following administrative changes effective July 1, 2006:

Dr. Anne Coughlin was appointed Principal of Henley Middle School.  Dr. Coughlin has served as Principal and Assistant Principal of Western Albemarle High School for 16 years, has held various positions at the Albemarle County Central Office, and has been a high school teacher of English, Reading, and French for 12 years in various districts.  Dr. Coughlin holds a B.S. in English and French from Radford College, a M. A. in Linguistics from the University of Michigan, and a Ph.D. in Educational Curriculum and Instruction, Administration and Supervision, and Social Foundations of Education form the University of Virginia. She has also served on many committees in Albemarle County and has taught in the Division of Continuing Education for the University of Virginia and Longwood College. 

Mr. Chris Dyer was appointed Acting Principal of Western Albemarle High School.  Mr. Dyer has served as the Director of Community Engagement for Albemarle County Schools and as Associate Principal at Albemarle High School. Mr. Dyer holds a B.S. from Ohio University, a M.B.A from Florida State University and an Ed.S. from Virginia Tech.  He retired from the United States Army with the rank of Colonel, and then began his career in education. He has been a teacher, assistant principal and principal in Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Dr. Bernard Hairston was appointed Director of Community Engagement.  Dr. Hairston has served as the principal of Burley Middle School for the last nine years.  He has also served as an acting principal and associate principal in Albemarle County.  Prior to coming to Albemarle County he was a teacher and principal in other districts in Virginia. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Arts Education from Norfolk State University, a M.Ed. in Industrial Education from Virginia State University and an Ed.D. in Vocational Technical Education from Virginia Tech.

Ms. Marcha Howard was appointed Acting Principal of Burley Middle School.  Ms. Howard has served as a teacher of music at Burley for 28 years, where she also attended school.  She was appointed as Assistant Principal at Burley Middle School in 1997.  Ms. Howard holds a B.A. in Music Education from Johnson C. Smith University and a M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision with a focus in Middle School Education from the University of Virginia.