Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools announced the appointment of Debbie Hampton as principal of Lewisville Elementary.  She was the principal of Fair Grove Elementary in Lexington, NC before being hired for the Lewisville position.

You may recall that longtime Lewisville Elementary principal Ron Rash requested a transfer to a new position at the end of last year and he was given the slot at South Fork Elementary.  This came on the heels of the second suspension of Lewisville science teacher Alan Snow which is a case that is still being investigated by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department. 

You also may recall that Rash asked for the transfer at the beginning of the summer, yet according to the Winston-Salem Journal article from August 19 they planned on interviewing three finalists for the position yesterday and having a hiring recommendation ready for the school board at last night’s meeting.  Seems like a pretty quick process to me, but maybe that’s standard operating procedure.  Either way I would have thought they’d want the principal in place before school started and also would have wanted the new principal to have time to get to know her staff before students hit the classrooms.

It should be a very interesting time for Principal Hampton over the next month or so, especially if the allegations against Mr. Snow are found to be without standing and he’s returned to the classroom.  I wouldn’t want to be in her shoes, but I do wish her the best of luck.