CHARLOTTE —Two new principals have been appointed to Catholic schools in the Diocese of Charlotte.
Tracy Shaw, assistant principal of Bishop McGuiness High School in Kernersville, was named principal of the school on May 9.
Ann Flynt, assistant principal at St. Pius X School in Greensboro, was also recently named principal of that school.
Shaw is a 20-year veteran of Catholic schools in the Charlotte diocese and served as a teacher at St. Pius X School before moving to Bishop McGuiness in a leadership role. She has served as acting principal of Bishop McGuinness High since the sudden death of long-time Principal George Repass last November.
Shaw says that the support she received from the school community during her interim appointment has been both unbelievable and humbling. "Some parents even sent flowers," she said with a grateful laugh.
Her goals for the school include "building upon what George has done and making it even better," she said. Shaw also plans to increase collaboration among students, teachers and parents and to more fully integrate technology into the academics of the school.
Flynt was appointed principal at St. Pius X on April 22. She had been assistant principal at the school for the past seven years. She has been an educator in the Greensboro area for two decades.
Flynt replaces Anne Knapke, who is relocating with her family to Pennsylvania.
St. Pius X is a K-8 school and will be adding a pre-kindergarten class in a new building this fall.
Flynt said she is "excited and thrilled to have the opportunity to work with wonderful professionals in both the church and school community, and to make a positive difference in lives of students."
Two other principal positions will be filled by the diocese in the coming months.
Sharon Broxterman, principal of St. Gabriel School in Charlotte, is retiring after 30 years in the diocesan Catholic schools system.
Georgette Schraeder is retiring after 19 years as principal of St. Leo the Great School in Winston-Salem.
— David Hains, diocesan director of communication