Education

Gwinnett names three new principals

March 24, 2015

Gwinnett County school board members have promoted three assistant principals to lead different schools at the start of the next school year.

Marketa Myers, currently assistant principal of Benefield Elementary School, will become the new principal of Nesbit Elementary School.

Tamara G. Perkins, currently assistant principal of Berkeley Lake Elementary School, was appointed principal of Parsons Elementary School.

Shonda G. Stevens, currently assistant principal of Jackson Elementary School, was named principal of Benefield Elementary School.

The current principals of those schools were appointed to be principals of new schools opening in August.

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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.

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