Ten Atlanta schools get new principals

New Atlanta school principals were introduced at a June 6 school board meeting. Molly Bloom/AJC

New Atlanta school principals were introduced at a June 6 school board meeting. Molly Bloom/AJC

Ten Atlanta schools will have new principals next school year.

Ellis Duncan will become principal of Douglass High School, one of the city's lowest performing high schools and a school that has churned through principals at the rate of about one every two years.

Gail Johnson will be principal of Sutton Middle School and Kevin Scott will lead Young Middle School, which has also seen high principal turnover in recent years.

Other new principals are: