Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) today announces two assistant principal appointments and five assistant principal transfers. The appointments and transfers take effect July 1 and include appointments at the elementary and middle school levels.

The following appointments were approved by the Board of Education.

Assistant Principal Appointments

• Melissa Griffith, instructional resource teacher at T.C. Martin Elementary School, to assistant principal at Malcolm Elementary School.
• Jennifer Pangborn, chief academic officer at Tapestry Charter School in Buffalo, N.Y., to assistant principal at J.P. Ryon Elementary School.

Additionally, the following administrative transfers take effect July 1 for the 2026-2027 school year.

Assistant Principal Transfers

• Janee Johnson moves from assistant principal at Indian Head Elementary School to assistant principal at Ryon.
• Philip Jones moves from assistant principal at John Hanson Middle School to assistant principal at Piccowaxen Middle School.
• Keir Lewis moves from assistant principal at Piccowaxen to assistant principal at Glymont Middle School.
• Daniel Mosey moves from assistant principal at Glymont to assistant principal at Hanson.
• Tavon Myers moves from assistant principal at Malcolm Elementary School to Indian Head.

Last month, CCPS announced a principal transfer that moves Tammika Little from principal of St. Charles High School to the role of principal at Theodore G. Davis Middle School. Davis’s current principal, Robert Griffiths, will assume the principal role at St. Charles. The transfer takes effect on July 1. To read more, visit www.ccboe.com.

In April, the Board approved the appointment of Kayla Hawkins, assistant principal at J.P. Ryon Elementary School, as principal of Dr. Gustavus Brown Elementary School. Her appointment is effective July 1. Hawkins has been an administrator with CCPS since 2021 and moves into the principal role at Dr. Brown to replace current principal Karen Lewis, who will retire at the end of June.

The Board also previously approved the appointment of Tracey Harvey, assistant principal at Olympic High School in Charlotte, N.C., as an assistant principal at Mattawoman Middle School. To read more about Hawkins and Harvey, visit www.ccboe.com.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 27,904 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 38 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Dr. Mike Blanchard, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. 

CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).