New principal coming to Bardmoor Elementary

JANUARY 30, 2012

Pinellas Superintendent John Stewart is recommending that Leigh Owens, the assistant principal at Southern Oak Elementary since 2007, become the new principal at Bardmoor Elementary. She will replace Wayne Whitney.

This recommendation - and the one for Thurgood Marshall Fundamental Middle School - are scheduled to go before the board for approval on Feb. 7.

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