Focus on TUSD - May 2008

TUSD Assigns 7 Principals to Dual Sites; Six Retire
At its meeting on May 13, the Governing Board of Tucson Unified School District gave Superintendent Roger F. Pfeuffer the authority to assign school principals dual-school responsibilities. As a result, the following seven principals have received dual-school assignments for the 2008-2009 school year:

• Jonathan Ben-Asher, principal of Henry and Wrightstown elementary schools
• Teri Melendez, principal of Borton Primary and Holladay Intermediate magnet schools
• Jerry Gallegos, principal of Manzo and Jefferson Park elementary schools
• Cricket Gallegos, principal of Rogers and Sewell elementary schools
• Chris Loya, principal of Davis Bilingual Magnet and Roskruge Bilingual Magnet
• Ruben Diaz, principal of Carrillo Magnet and Richey K-8 schools
• Diane Quevedo, principal of Bloom and Van Horne elementary schools

Resulting from dual-school responsibilities, the following principal moves were made for 2008-2009:

• Ann Jackson will move from Henry to Howell Elementary School
• Lisa Langford will move from Holladay to Collier Elementary School
• Deborah Anders, Ph.D., will move from Jefferson Park to Davidson Elementary School
• Lina Armijo will move from Sewell to Cavett Elementary School
• Maria Marin will move from Roskruge to Wright Elementary School
• Helen Grijalva will move from Richey to Dunham Elementary School
• David Overstreet will move from Van Horne to Duffy Elementary School
• John Bellasario will move from Dunham to Valencia Middle School
• Senida Wade will move from Valencia to Palo Verde as an assistant principal

The following principals will retire at the end of the school year:

• Joyce Geranis, Ed.D., Collier
• Art DeFilippo, Davidson
• Jeanne Herron, Cavett
• Lisa Howells, Wright
• Carolyn Eldridge, Miles Exploratory Learning Center
• Angela Julien, Ph.D., Rincon High School

Photos in the May issue by Jes Ruvalcaba of Communications & Media Relations, unless otherwise noted.

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