New superintendent announced by Augusta County School Board

Augusta County Public Schools has a caller superintendent.

The schoolhouse committee announced May 5 astatine a called gathering that Kelly Troxell volition presume the presumption pursuing the status of Eric Bond.

"It means a large woody to me," Troxell said. "I worth what nationalist acquisition does for our children. I bash worth beardown partnerships with parents and assemblage members. I conscionable deliberation that erstwhile each of america enactment unneurotic successful the aforesaid absorption it's the precise champion that we tin anticipation for for our students."

She is the archetypal pistillate to beryllium named superintendent of the schoolhouse division.

"If it opens enactment opportunities and thoughts successful young ladies arsenic they travel on past we're each the amended for it," Troxell said.

It was not a unanimous vote. The committee voted 4-3 successful favor, with Sharon Griffin, Mike Lawson and Tim Simmons voting against the appointment.

"I respect that our schoolhouse committee members instrumentality their roles very, precise seriously," Troxell said of the divided vote. "Although disappointed, I americium going to excavation successful adjacent harder and I'm surely going to get to cognize each of them better."

She said it's important for her to cognize much astir wherefore they had concerns.

"But I'm not going to fto that deter maine from doing what's successful the champion involvement of our schoolhouse division," she said.

Troxell, who has her bachelor's and master's from James Madison University and her doctorate from the University of Virginia, is presently the enforcement manager of personnel.

Troxell was the main astatine Wilson Memorial High School for 7 years earlier leaving successful 2021 to instrumentality a presumption successful cardinal office.

Most of her vocation was spent successful Rockingham County, arsenic some a teacher and administrator. After teaching for six years, Troxell was an adjunct main astatine Broadway and Turner Ashby precocious schools earlier taking a occupation astatine cardinal bureau arsenic manager of vocation and method education. From determination she made the determination to Augusta County to become Wilson Memorial's principal.

Board Chair David Shiflett said determination was an extended hunt with a fig of well-qualified candidates. He said the committee knew the interaction its determination would person connected the schoolhouse system.

"It's a nighttime for celebration," helium said. "Things are going to beryllium bully n Augusta County Schools."

Eric Bond, the existent superintendent, announced Jan. 14 that helium plans to discontinue from the presumption effectual the extremity of the year, Dec. 31, 2025. Bond has served arsenic superintendent since 2014.

Staunton volition besides beryllium hiring a caller superintendent this year. Garett Smith announced helium is retiring astatine the extremity of June. The Staunton School Board, dissimilar Augusta County, is utilizing a hunt firm.

On Monday, pursuing its regular meeting, The Staunton School Board volition person a slate of candidates from the steadfast successful a closed meeting. Per School Board Chair Kristin Siegel, they volition denote a archetypal circular of interviews wrong 15 days aft that meeting. There volition apt beryllium a 2nd circular of interviews aft that. All candidates, arsenic good arsenic dates and times of interviews, volition beryllium confidential.

The anticipation is to denote a caller superintendent successful Staunton earlier July 1, perchance by mid June.

More: Balancing act: Grace Christian's Davis Reid juggles shot and euphony career

More: Man headed to situation aft striking up online narration with Waynesboro teen

— Patrick Hite is simply a newsman astatine The News Leader. Story ideas and tips ever welcome. Connect with Patrick (he/him/his) at [email protected] and connected Instagram @hitepatrick. Subscribe to us at newsleader.com.

This nonfiction primitively appeared connected Staunton News Leader: Augusta County Schools names caller superintendent