The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education last week appointed two new principals and one new assistant principal.
The board hired Philip Holmes as principal of Ephesus Elementary School. Holmes replaces Susan Wells, who was recently named principal of Culbreth Middle School. Holmes served as principal of Burton Geo-World Magnet School in the Durham Public Schools for the past year and as assistant principal of Ephesus from 2004-06. He has a bachelor’s degree in history education from Hobart College and a master’s degree in school administration from UNC.
Estes Hills Elementary School assistant principal Cheryl Carnahan was hired as the principal of Estes Hills Elementary. She replaces Dale Mingle, who will serve as principal of Pittsboro Elementary School in the Chatham County Schools. Carnahan has also worked in professional development and as a resource teacher and speech-language pathologist in the Howard County Public Schools in Maryland. She has a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in speech pathology and audiology from Towson University.
The board also hired Beverly Knupp Rudolph as assistant principal of East Chapel Hill High School. Rudolph served as an administrative intern at East Chapel Hill High during the past year. In addition, she has worked as a language-arts teacher in schools across the state. Rudolph has a bachelor’s degree in English from UNC-Asheville and a master’s degree in school administration from UNC.