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Gwinnett BOE appoints new principal to Simonton Elementary

Tamara G. Perkins is the new principal of Simonton Elementary School. Courtesy of Gwinnett County Public Schools
Tamara G. Perkins is the new principal of Simonton Elementary School. Courtesy of Gwinnett County Public Schools
By Arlinda Smith Broady
March 27, 2019

During its monthly meeting in March, the Gwinnett County Board of Education approved the appointment of Tamara Perkins as principal of Simonton Elementary School.

Currently, Perkins is principal of Parsons Elementary. She will fill the vacancy created when Clifton Alexander, Simonton’s principal since January of 2013, was promoted to an assistant superintendent for elementary schools.

Perkins first came to Gwinnett County Public Schools in 2000 as a third grade teacher at Lawrenceville Elementary. Her first administrative position was in 2012 when she was named assistant principal at Berkeley Lake Elementary.

Perkins is a graduate of Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Quality-Plus Leader Academy, Aspiring Principal Program (Cohort 9).

She will assume her new role once her replacement at Parsons Elementary has been named.

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A Midwesterner by birth, but a Southerner by heritage, Arlinda Smith Broady has a combination of solid values, easy-going charm and unrelenting thirst for knowledge that makes her a not only a dedicated journalist, but a compassionate community member. She seeks truth and justice, but is just as eager to spread good news and share a witty story.

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