At District HQ:
Gregory Shannon has been named Assistant Superintendent in the office of Transition and Alternative Education. . . . Deputy Chief Safety Officer James B. Golden Jr., takes over acting duties from former Chief Safety Officer Dexter Green, who retired in September. . . . Naomi Gubernick is the new Executive Director of School Operations, in the Chief Academic Officer’s office. . . . Florence Mickens has been named manager of the Parent Leadership Academy. Parents Teresa Duncan and JoAnne Eggleston are co-chairs of the Parent Advisory Board to the Parent Leadership Academy. . . . Diane Castelbuono has left her position as senior policy advisor to CEO Paul Vallas to become Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Education in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
In schools:
David Baugh is the new principal at Duckrey. . . . Bea Mickey is new principal at Dunbar. . . . Sonya Harrison is new principal at Alexander Wilson.
In the city:
At the Philadelphia Student Union, Taina Asili is the new director of organizing; Sheddy Rollins is the new director of leadership; and Courtney Lewis is the new director of finance. Current PSU Executive Director Eric Braxton will remain in a part-time transitional capacity with the group.
In the state:
Governor Edward G. Rendell nominated acting Secretary of Education Gerald L. Zahorchak for the post permanently. Zahorchak has also served as deputy secretary for elementary and secondary education and superintendent of the Greater Johnstown School District.
“Comings & Goings” is a feature of the Notebook Newsflash that reports personnel changes within the institutions and organizations that focus on public education in Philadelphia. We welcome any knowledge you’d like to share on recent or upcoming personnel moves. E-mail us at sheilas@thenotebook.org.
