The annual salary for Dakin and Milner is $95,000, while the salary is set at $89,250, for Allen, Thomas and Stetkiewicz.
SPRINGFIELD – Superintendent of Schools Alan J. Ingram has announced the appointment of five new principals at elementary and middle schools.
A total of 52 educators applied for the principal positions, who went through a five-part selection process that began in March. A selection committee reviewed applications, checked all references and reviewed applicants’ attendance and evaluation records for the past three years, Ingram said.
The appointments were as follows:
Timothy Allen of Springfield, appointed principal at South End Middle School. Allen previously served as assistant principal at Forest Park Middle School.
Lisa Dakin of Wilbraham, appointed principal at Milton Bradley Elementary School. She has served as a principal and in other positions in the Ludlow public schools and previously was a special education teacher in Springfield.
Darcia G. Milner of Springfield, appointed principal at Rebecca M. Johnson Elementary School. She was previously principal at Brunton School and has worked for the school system for 18 years.
Martha F. Stetkiewicz of East Longmeadow will serve as acting principal at Daniel B. Brunton Elementary School. Stetkiewicz has served as assistant principal at Brunton School since 2007.
Shadae D. Thomas, of Quincy, appointed principal at Thomas M. Balliet School. Thomas served as the principal resident of Gardner Pilot Academy for Boston Public Schools for the 2010 – 2011 school year and was previously a fourth grade teacher at that school.
The annual salary for Dakin and Milner is $95,000, while the salary is set at $89,250, for Allen, Thomas and Stetkiewicz.
“I am very pleased with the caliber of principals that are stepping up to lead these schools next year,” Ingram said in a prepared statement. “I am confident they will continue to build on current successes and through their leadership establish new patterns of accelerated growth.”
Additional principal appointments for the High School of Commerce and STEM Middle School are expected to be made in coming weeks, Ingram said.