“It is an honor to join the North Central High School and Washington Township Schools family,” he said.
In a statement, Mendez said he has always had great respect for the district. Mendez brings not only exceptional Principal leadership experiences but proven success with raising achievement for diverse populations of students in urban public schools,” Superintendent Nikki Woodson said in a statement released Thursday. Mendez has earned the statewide Middle School Principal of the Year recognition for Indiana, making him a contender for the National Principal of the Year honor. Eugene White, the former superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools and Washington Township schools, is leading the school on an interim basis through mid-June. The school board on Wednesday approved the hiring of a new permanent principal for North Central, a school of roughly 3,600 students and the district’s only high school.ĭaniel Mendez, principal of Seymour Middle School, will lead the school beginning in the summer. In its statement, the district said Branigan had the opportunity under state law to challenge the decision but declined to do so. Last month, the school board approved a $245,000 settlement for a federal lawsuit involving alleged sexual harassment and predatory behavior by a former staff member. The decision is part of a difficult year for North Central. Washington Township was one of just a few school districts to speak out against state legislation that emerged from the national debate on critical race theory.
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