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School system announces new principals
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Published: June 25, 2009
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education has named new principals at four high schools -- Carver, Mount Tabor, Carter Vocational and Forsyth Middle College.
Two of the new principals come from within the school system. Nathaniel Barber, the principal of North Hills Elementary, will be the principal at Carver, and Ed Weiss, the principal of Wiley Middle, will be principal at Mount Tabor.
Donna Horton, the principal of Meadowbrook Alternative School in King, will be the principal at Carter Vocational, and Sharon Abercrombie, the principal of The Performance Learning Center in Concord, will be the principal at Forsyth Middle College.
Paul Puryear, the assistant superintendent for high-school administration, said that both Barber and Weiss are well familiar with their respective school communities. Donny Lambeth, the chairman of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education, said that both are strong selections.
Barber had been planning to retire but decided to put that off for the opportunity to be the principal at Carver.
Weiss was assistant principal at Mount Tabor for five years before becoming principal at Wiley in 2004.
Barber has spent more than 30 years working for the school system, including the last 10 as principal at North Hills. Under his leadership, the school was named a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School in 2004 -- a federal honor for schools that are either academically superior or demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement. North Hills also was named a Piedmont Triad Educational Consortium Signature School in 2005.
Barber began his career in 1976 teaching English at Anderson High and also taught English at West Forsyth. For 10 years, he served as an assistant principal at Glenn High, Parkland High and Ibraham Elementary.
He earned his bachelor's degree from Winston-Salem State University and a master's degree in education administration from N.C.A&T State University. Barber will replace Julia Nelson, who has served as interim principal at Carver since Principal Carol Montague-Davis became assistant superintendent of middle schools last fall.
Weiss has worked in the school system for more than 15 years, starting as a physical-education teacher at Paisley Middle in 1993. He taught physical education and health and coached baseball at Mount Tabor from 1996 to 1998. He also served as assistant principal at Davie High in Mocksville.
Weiss earned his bachelor's degree and a master's degree in motor development and teaching mastery from West Virginia University. He also earned a master's degree in school administration from Gardner-Webb University. He will replace Martha Land, who is retiring.
Horton has been the principal of Meadowbrook since 2005. She taught at Lowrance Middle School from 1991 to 2000. She also worked at Centerpoint Human Services in Winston-Salem from 1993 to 1998 as a therapeutic foster parent for children. After she left Lowrance, she served as an assistant principal at Piney Grove Middle in Lawsonville and West Stokes High and Chestnut Grove Middle in King before becoming Meadowbrook principal.
Horton received her bachelor's degree from Appalachian State University and her master's degree in school administration from UNC Greensboro. She will replace Jan Floyd, who is retiring.
Abercrombie began her career in 1980 in the Alexander County Schools as a language-arts teacher and a teacher of the academically gifted. She was named the county's Teacher of the Year in 1986. She also taught gifted classes in New Hanover County Schools from 1990 to 1992 before going to Guilford County Schools, where she served as a curriculum facilitator and teacher until 2003. She began working for Cabarrus County Schools in 2003, serving as assistant principal at Central Cabarrus High, principal of Northwest Cabarrus High, then as developer and principal of the Performance Learning Center.
Abercrombie earned her bachelor's degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College, a master's degree in education from Gardner-Webb, and a master's degree in school administration from UNC Charlotte. She will replace George Johnson, who is retiring.
■ Kim Underwood can be reached at 727-7389 or at kunderwood@wsjournal.com.
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