Two new principals were approved at the Chapel Hill – Carrboro City Schools Board of Education meeting on Thursday.

Coretta Sharpless was named Principal of Northside Eelementary and Bob Bales was named Principal of McDougle Middle.

Sharpless has served as the Assistant Principal at Northside since the school’s opening in 2013. She has also served as Assistant Principal at Estes Hills Elementary. Sharpless received her Master’s degree from UNC.

Bales has served as the Assistant Principal at McDougle Middle since 2012. He has also served as Assistant Principal, and a stint as Interim Principal, at Chapel Hill High.

Currently, 16 of the 20 CHCCS schools are led by principals who were hired from within the school district, according to officials.

The first day of classes in the city school district in Monday, August 24.

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