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System announces administrative changes, effective 2025-2026 school year
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) today announces the administrative change of two current principals. The changes take effect July 1, 2025.
R. Demetri Sermons, Ed.D., principal at Phoenix International School of the Arts (PISOTA), moves to Gale-Bailey Elementary School.
Sermons has led PISOTA in the principal role since the school opened in 2023. Prior to joining CCPS, Sermons served as a principal with Providence Public Schools in Rhode Island, Richmond Public Schools in Virginia, and principal with Vision Academies, EastSide Charter School in Delaware. Sermons will close out this school year as principal at PISOTA and begin his new role as Gale-Bailey’s principal on July 1.
Tangela Scales, Ed.D., principal at Gale-Bailey Elementary School, moves to the principal role at William B. Wade Elementary School.
Scales has served as principal at Gale-Bailey since 2019 and is a veteran CCPS educator. Prior to her principal appointment, Scales was an assistant principal and teacher with CCPS. Scales will close out this school year as principal at Gale-Bailey and begins her new role as principal at Wade on July 1.
Earlier this school year, the principal role at Wade was left vacant. Retired longtime CCPS principal Sonia Blue has led the school in an interim principal capacity and will remain in place through the end of the 2024-2025 school year.
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About CCPS
Charles County Public Schools provides 28,162 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).