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For the 2020-21 school year, the PVSchools Patrick Clancy is transferring to Mountain Trail Governing Board has appointed several new Middle School where he will be the school’s new district office administrators, as well as six new principal. He previously served as director of principal and three assistant principal assignments. human resources – certified for the past four years. NEW ADMINISTRATORS school year and has held many roles including Dr. Shaun Holmes was appointed as the director of principal, assistant principal, dean of students, and human resources – certified. He joins PVSchools teacher. from Mesa Public Schools where he served as the associate superintendent of human resources, Dr. Aaron Freed was appointed the principal at 2019-present, as well as the assistant superintendent Pinnacle Peak Preparatory School. He comes to of human resources. Prior to Mesa Public Schools, PVSchools from Archuleta School District 50 Holmes was employed at Scottsdale Unified School where he served as assistant principal/athletic District where he served as a director, principal, director since 2015. Freed was also employed assistant principal, and teacher. at Roseville Area Schools Independent School Dr. Patrice De La Ossa was appointed as the District, both in Minnesota. coordinator of PVOnline. She joins PVSchools from the J.O. Combs Unified School District where Jesse Kinney-Alcazar is the new principal at she served as a science and social studies specialist Sandpiper Elementary School. Kinney-Alcazar since 2019. Dr. De La Ossa has served as an adjunct joined PVSchools in 2019 as an instructional coach. educator at Northwestern University since 2016. She was previously employed at Scottsdale Unified She was an educator at Seattle Public Schools from School District from 2010-2017 where she served 2007-2017. De La Ossa was an adjunct professor at as a principal, assistant principal, and director of Antioch University from 2006-2015. She was also state and federal grants. employed as a writer at ApexLearning, Inc. from 2011-2012. Teresa Simmons was appointed as the interim Brandon George is the new director of was previously the principal at Fireside Elementary transportation. For the 2019-20 school year, George School. Simmons joined the PVSchools family in served as the assistant director of transportation. He 1996 as a teacher and also worked as a teacher on joined the district in 2019 from Baltimore County assignment prior to being named principal in 2009. Public Schools where he was the senior operations

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Jennifer Penoyer is the interim principal of Liberty He joined the PVSchools family for the 2000-01 District and Osseo Area Independent School principal at Sunset Canyon Elementary School. She manager. NEW ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Jorge Ontiveros is the new assistant principal at Anthony Izzo III was appointed as the assistant Greenway Middle School. He previously served director of transportation. He comes to the district as the assistant principal at North Canyon High from First Transit (Valley Metro) where he worked School. Ontiveros has been employed with since 2015 and most recently served as the operations PVSchools since 2009 and held the following manager. positions: dean of students, administrative intern,

Dr. Danielle Else was appointed as Fireside Matthew Lersch was appointed as an assistant Elementary School’s principal. She joined PVSchools principal at North Canyon High School. He in 2017 as a teacher and most recently served joins the district from Phoenix Union High as a teacher on assignment. Else was previously School District where he served as the academy employed at Scottsdale Unified School District as administrator since 2015 and as the special an enrichment coach from 2013-2016. She has also education facilitator from 2012-2015. Prior to been employed at Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified working for Phoenix Union High School District, School District in California from 2001-2006. Lersch was employed at Tolleson Union High and teacher. School District from 2006-2012. Elementary School. She joined the PVSchools family Kimberly Koda is the new assistant principal at in 2011 as a teacher and, since 2017, has served as an Pinnacle High School. She joined the PVSchools administrative intern. Prior to PVSchools, Penoyer family in 2011 as a teacher and most recently, she taught in Florida and Virginia. has served as dean of students.