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SRMS Gets New Principal

The former principal of Brooklyn Park Middle School, Maisha Gillins, will take over as Severn River Middle School's newest head of school.

Gillins will replace the vacany left by June Eyet when she retired at the end of December. The role of principal at SRMS since then has been filled by Lucinda Hudson and Sharon Morell.

Morell wrote in the latest SRMS newsletter that she has worked with Gillens to provide a "seamless transition" for the start of the next school  year.

Gillins was named as the newest principal in the Broadneck area in an announcement by the Anne Arundel County Public School System on Wednesday, in which 15 other new principals were named across the county.

Here is a list of the schools affected and their new principals:

  • Annapolis High School: Sue Chittim, formerly assistant principal at Glen Burnie High School
  • Meade Middle School: Dr. Michael Lyons, formerly assistant principal at Meade Middle School
  • Annapolis Elementary: Julia Walsh, formerly assistant principal at Germantown Elementary School
  • Brooklyn Park Middle School: Tamisha Kinard, formerly assistant principal at Brooklyn Park Middle School
  • Chesapeake Bay Middle School: Michael Dunn, formerly assistant principal at Bates Middle School
  • Freetown Elementary: Cheryl Cox, formerly assistant principal at Marley Elementary School
  • Hillsmere Elementary: Helen Mateosky, formerly school performance coach at Annapolis Middle School
  • Mills-Parole Elementary: Sue Myers, formerly principal at Annapolis Elementary School
  • Phoenix Academy: John Thompson, formerly assistant principal at Phoenix Annapolis School
  • Point Pleasant Elementary: Karen Markovic, formerly principal at Glendale Elementary School
  • Ridgeway Elementary: Lisa Koennel, formerly principal at Point Pleasant Elementary School
  • Riviera Beach Elementary: Tracy Prater, formerly assistant principal at Sunset Elementary School
  • North County High School: Julie Cares, formerly assistant principal at North County High School
  • Solley Elementary: Jeff Haynie, formerly principal at Freetown Elementary School
  • Glendale Elementary: To be announced


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