Erin del Castillo has been named the new principal of Riverview High School (RHS) effective July 1, pending Board approval. Del Castillo currently serves as principal of Venice Elementary School (VES) where she has worked as an administrator since 2016. She returns to RHS where she was an assistant principal from 2010 – 2015 and oversaw the teen parent program and Head Start initiatives, and supervised the English and reading departments. Del Castillo’s appointment comes after the departure of Paul Burns, who left RHS in December of 2017 to take a position with the Florida Department of Education. Kathy Wilks has been serving as acting principal of RHS during the transition and will remain in this post through the current school year. In addition to serving at VES and RHS, del Castillo held the position of assistant principal at Pine View. The school district will begin a search for a new principal at Venice Elementary this spring, and del Castillo will continue to lead Venice Elementary during the transition period.

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