29 District schools to get new principals

This article was originally published in The Notebook. In August 2020, The Notebook became Chalkbeat Philadelphia.

For two tumultuous years, an alarming number of schools in the School District of Philadelphia opened with new principals at the helm. This year, there have been far fewer principal departures.

Come fall, 29 of 224 District schools will open with new principals, according to the most recent list of school principal assignments released earlier this month. Last year, one-fifth of all schools had new leaders; the year before that, a quarter of them did.

Six of the 29 schools did not yet have new principals chosen when the list was published.

Of the 23 principals already named, 14 will be new to their schools this year. Five of those 14 are also new to the School District. Eleven of the 23 appointees are first-time school leaders.

Below is the list of schools that will see new principals this coming school year.

Editors’ note: An earlier version incorrectly reported a change in the principalship at Lowell School. David Lugo is remaining as principal of Lowell. We regret the error.