Superintendent Todd Bowden has named Phillippi Shores Elementary School Assistant Principal Kristi Jarvis as the new acting principal of Ashton Elementary School. Current Ashton Principal Christopher Renouf has been appointed to a district position as executive director of elementary schools.  Both Jarvis and Renouf will begin their new duties June 7. Jarvis, 39, has been assistant principal at Phillippi since 2015. She was an assistant principal intern at Tatum Ridge Elementary School from 2012-15. She taught third and fourth grade at Brentwood Elementary School from 2005-12. She also served Brentwood as a literacy/data coach, a reading /math resource teacher and testing coordinator. She holds a master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Administration from Jones International University in Centennial, Colo., and a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and Specific Learning Disabilities from Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. She also has studied in the Ohio State University Literacy Collaborative program, which focuses on coaching and modeling early reading skills. While serving as a school administrator, she also has taken an active role in Sarasota County School District leadership. She has been active in the Report Card Committee and the Textbook Adoption committee.

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