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Education

New principal chosen for The Downtown School

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Andrew Lester-Niles will be the new principal at the Downtown School. Lester-Niles served as principal at Vienna Elementary School since 2015. Prior to that, he was the assistant principal at Brunson Elementary School, starting there in 2003. He also served as a Principal Fellow Intern at Vienna Elementary and Wiley Middle […]

By WS Chronicle

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New principal chosen for The Downtown School

SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE

Andrew Lester-Niles will be the new principal at the Downtown School.

Lester-Niles served as principal at Vienna Elementary School since 2015. Prior to that, he was the assistant principal at Brunson Elementary School, starting there in 2003. He also served as a Principal Fellow Intern at Vienna Elementary and Wiley Middle School, a supervisor of Student Teachers at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and was an Exceptional Children’s Teacher at Whitaker Elementary School.

Lester-Niles earned a bachelor’s degree in Special Education from Appalachian State University, and a master’s degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Lester-Niles replaces Jan Atkinson, who is retiring at the end of this school year. Atkinson has been with the district for 34 years, 20 years as the principal at the Downtown School.