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Gwinnett school board appoints two new principals

Graves Elementary School, which opened in 2015, will have a new principal when school starts next month. ERIC STIRGUS/STAFF
Graves Elementary School, which opened in 2015, will have a new principal when school starts next month. ERIC STIRGUS/STAFF
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July 8, 2021

The Gwinnett County Board of Education recently appointed two new elementary school principals.

Monica Ball was picked to serve as principal of Graves Elementary School. Ball, a former principal at Rosebud Elementary, worked this year on a special assignment for Gwinnett County Public Schools’ human resources division. She taught third grade for 15 years in the school district and has a specialist’s degree in educational leadership from Nova Southeastern University. She will take over for Kono Smith, who is retiring.

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Joe Sanfilippo, an assistant principal at Hopkins Elementary, will become principal of Pharr Elementary. He takes over for Lisa Rhodes, who was transferred to Puckett’s Mill Elementary.

Sanfilippo has a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University. He taught third and fifth grades in Gwinnett.

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