A move to a district-level position within the School District of Manatee County will lead to new principals for Bayshore High School and Manatee High School. The changes will become effective July 1, 2017. Don Sauer, principal at Manatee High School since 2012, is moving to the district office to take over the position of Supervisor of Student Demographics, Projections and Assignment. That job is responsible for developing all enrollment projections and FTE forecasts for the school district, as well as overseeing the school choice process and helping to design boundaries and zoning for new and existing schools. The current occupant of that position, Danny Lundeen, has been in that position for 20 years and is retiring in June 2018. Sauer became principal at Manatee High in July 2012. Prior to Manatee High, he served as an assistant principal at Lakewood Ranch High from 2005 to 2012.

David Underhill, the current principal at Bayshore High School, will replace Sauer as the principal at Manatee High School. Underhill has served as principal at Bayshore High since July of 2000, and is the Manatee District’s longest tenured high school principal. In March, Bayshore High School became one of just six high schools in Florida to become an AVID National Demonstration School. Manatee District Executive Director of Secondary Schools Jim Pauley said the series of moves will be good for the individuals and the school district, as well as Bayshore and Manatee High Schools.

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