Education

PVSchools Governing Board Appoints New Leadership Positions

For the 2020-21 school year, the PVSchools served as the assistant director of transportation. He at Roseville Area Schools Independent School Governing Board has appointed several new joined the district in 2019 from Baltimore County District and Osseo Area Independent School district office administrators, as well as six new Public Schools where he was the senior operations District, both in Minnesota. principal and three assistant principal assignments. manager. assistant principal, and teacher.

NEW PRINCIPALS

Jesse Kinney-Alcazar is the new principal at Anthony Izzo III was appointed as the assistant Sandpiper Elementary School. Kinney-Alcazar director of transportation. He comes to the district joined PVSchools in 2019 as an instructional coach. from First Transit (Valley Metro) where he worked She was previously employed at Scottsdale Unified since 2015 and most recently served as the operations School District from 2010-2017 where she served manager. as a principal, assistant principal, and director of

Dr. Danielle Else was appointed as Fireside Teresa Simmons was appointed as the interim Elementary School’s principal. She joined principal at Sunset Canyon Elementary School. She PVSchools in 2017 as a teacher and most recently was previously the principal at Fireside Elementary served as a teacher on assignment. Else was School. Simmons joined the PVSchools family in previously employed at Scottsdale Unified School 1996 as a teacher and also worked as a teacher on District as an enrichment coach from 2013- assignment prior to being named principal in 2009. NEW ADMINISTRATORS 2016. She has also been employed at Palos Verdes Dr. Shaun Holmes was appointed as the director of Peninsula Unified School District in California NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS human resources – certified. He joins PVSchools from 2001-2006. Jorge Ontiveros is the new assistant principal at from Mesa Public Schools where he served as Greenway Middle School. He previously served the associate superintendent of human resources, Jennifer Penoyer is the interim principal of Liberty as the assistant principal at North Canyon High 2019-present, as well as the assistant superintendent Elementary School. She joined the PVSchools School. Ontiveros has been employed with of human resources. Prior to Mesa Public Schools, family in 2011 as a teacher and, since 2017, PVSchools since 2009 and held the following Holmes was employed at Scottsdale Unified School has served as an administrative intern. Prior to positions: dean of students, administrative intern, District where he served as a director, principal, PVSchools, Penoyer taught in Florida and Virginia. and teacher. state and federal grants. Patrick Clancy is transferring to Mountain Trail Matthew Lersch was appointed as an assistant Dr. Patrice De La Ossa was appointed as the Middle School where he will be the school’s new principal at North Canyon High School. He coordinator of PVOnline. She joins PVSchools principal. He previously served as director of joins the district from Phoenix Union High from the J.O. Combs Unified School District where human resources – certified for the past four years. School District where he served as the academy she served as a science and social studies specialist He joined the PVSchools family for the 2000-01 administrator since 2015 and as the special since 2019. Dr. De La Ossa has served as an adjunct school year and has held many roles including education facilitator from 2012-2015. Prior to educator at Northwestern University since 2016. She principal, assistant principal, dean of students, and working for Phoenix Union High School District, was an educator at Seattle Public Schools from 2007- teacher. Lersch was employed at Tolleson Union High 2017. De La Ossa was an adjunct professor at Antioch School District from 2006-2012. University from 2006-2015. She was also employed Dr. Aaron Freed was appointed the principal at as a writer at ApexLearning, Inc. from 2011-2012. Pinnacle Peak Preparatory School. He comes to Kimberly Koda is the new assistant principal at PVSchools from Archuleta School District 50 Pinnacle High School. She joined the PVSchools Brandon George is the new director of where he served as assistant principal/athletic family in 2011 as a teacher and most recently, she transportation. For the 2019-20 school year, George director since 2015. Freed was also employed has served as dean of students.