Current East Chapel Hill High School principal Ken Proulx will be leaving at the end of the calendar year.

He will become the new principal of Newport Middle School in Newport, North Carolina. Proulx will officially begin his duties in the coastal town on January 3.

Proulx has worked at East Chapel Hill High since the 2018-19 school year. Previously, he served as the principal of Holly Grove Middle School in Wake County from 2010-18 and has more than 21 years of experience as a middle school teacher and administrator.

Proulx started his career as a middle school social studies teacher. He became a school administrator in 2000 and has served as an elementary, middle and high school principal.

“Newport Middle School is an amazing school and community,” Proulx told the Carteret County News-Times. “I am excited to bring my experience and passion for learning to Newport Middle and to collaborate with all stakeholders to support our students and staff.”

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district is already surveying the East Chapel Hill High School community for its thoughts on a replacement for Proulx. In-person community meetings to gather information and preferences will be held in the coming weeks.

“We’re tremendously excited about this opportunity for Ken, which allows him and his wife to be closer to family,” the district said in a statement shared with Chapelboro. “But it’s obviously a big loss for East Chapel Hill High School and CHCCS as a whole. We know how much he cares about, and how proud he is, of the students, staff and families of Each Chapel Hill High. Ken is, and will always be, part of the CHCCS family.”

Superintendent of Carteret County Schools Rob Jackson announced last Friday Proulx will replace interim principal of Newport Middle School, Kristen Miller, who is retiring at the end of the year.

“Mr. Proulx has a well-earned reputation as a very strong instructional leader,” Jackson said. “During the selection process, teachers and faculty members and the Newport Middle School Parent Advisory Council shared that they were looking for a principal who would be visible throughout the school and in the community, a principal who would be committed to the school long term, and a principal who is experienced in middle school. I believe that the hiring committees found just that in Mr. Proulx.”

 

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