Come September, there will be some new faces greeting students at several schools in New Westminster.
The school district’s 2016/17 principal and vice-principal assignments are out and changes have been made to administration at New Westminster Secondary School, École Glenbrook Middle School, Queen Elizabeth Elementary, Queensborough Middle School and Richard McBride Elementary.
Phil Cookson, currently the principal at New West secondary, is moving to the ’Boro to take over as principal at Queen Elizabeth Elementary. John Tyler is listed as the new principal at the high school.
Also across the water, Lisa Nasato will be the new principal at Queensborough Middle School. Currently, she’s serving as the acting principal at École Glenbrook Middle School, another school that’ll have a new principal in the fall, when Chris Evans takes over. Evans has been the principal at Richard McBride.
New West Secondary School vice-principal Kathleen Chad will fill the principal’s seat at Richard McBride.
Meanwhile, Debbie Jones, formerly of Queensborough Middle, has been appointed principal of the district’s newest school, École Fraser River Middle School, which is set to open this fall.
Vice-principals Ruby Sihota, at École Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary, and Debbie Ramen, at Lord Kelvin Elementary, will be trading positions in September.
Schools getting new principals:
- New Westminster Secondary School
- École Glenbrook Middle School
- Queen Elizabeth Elementary
- Queensborough Middle School
- Richard McBride Elementary.
- École Fraser River Middle School
Schools keeping their principals:
- Connaught Heights Elementary
- École Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary
- Lord Kelvin Elementary
- École Herbert Spencer Elementary
- École Qayqayt Elementary
- F.W. Howay Elementary
