Six new principals have been named in the Douglas County School
District. Three are from schools in the district, one is from out
of state and two are from other Colorado schools.
Kathy Truglio is the assistant principal at Eagle Ridge in Lone
Tree. She will be the principal at the same school. She has been a
building resource teacher at Cougar Run Elementary and has
extensive elementary teaching experience the district
said.
The school’s principal, Dave Bebell, is retiring after 13 years
at the school.
Barry Meigs will take over at Buffalo Ridge Elementary. He comes
from Grand Isle, Vt., where he was principal at Richmond Elementary
and Summit Street School. He has a master of science degree in
elementary education from the State University of New
York.
ThunderRidge High School’s new principal will be Michael Lynch,
who is the principal at Elizabeth High School. He was assistant
principal there before becoming principal in 1997. He was also a
teacher in social studies, Spanish and language arts at Rangeview
High School and Mracheck Middle School in Aurora. He has a
bachelor’s degree from Fort Lewis College and a master’s in
education/administration from the University of Phoenix.
The Pine Lane Intermediate principal will be Mike Dubrovich, who
is principal at Pine Grove Elementary. He spent a decade as a
teacher at Pine Lane. Principal Art Kerkezian will continue in the
district as an assistant principal.
Elementary school No. 35, to be built in 2002 in Castle Rock,
already has its principal. Mike Medina, former principal in Boulder
Valley Schools and interim principal of Ranch View Middle School in
Highlands Ranch, will be the school’s principal.
Ranch View Middle School will have Andre Lanier as its new
principal. He has been principal of Horizon Middle School in the
Cherry Creek School District since 1996. Prior to his
administrative experience, Lanier was a social studies teacher at
Smoky Hill High School and at Kent Roosevelt High School in Ohio.
He has a doctorate’s in philosophy from the University of
Denver.