Canyons District announces several new leadership appointments.
The following have accepted new administrative roles in Canyons District schools. The positions will be effective for the coming school year:
Doug Hallenbeck is the new principal of Mount Jordan Middle School. Hallenbeck, who currently serves as an Assistant Principal of Mount Jordan, replaces Misty Suarez, who has accepted an administrative position in the Salt Lake City School District.
Molly Hart, Principal of Double Churches Middle School in Muscogee County School District in Georgia, will be an Assistant Principal at Mount Jordan Middle School, replacing Hallenbeck.
Stacy Kurtzhals, Assistant Principal at Crescent View Middle School, will be an Assistant Principal at Butler Middle School. She replaces Mark Montague, who resigned his position last fall and whose position was filled by substitute Assistant Principal Ray Jensen.
Jodi Roberts, Assistant Principal at Sandy Elementary, will be an Assistant Principal at Crescent View Middle School, replacing Kurtzhals.
Rex Prescott, Assistant Principal at Willow Springs and Oak Hollow elementaries, will be Assistant Principal at Sandy Elementary, replacing Roberts.
Benjamin “BJ” Weller, an Integrated Supports Coach in the Granite School District, will be Assistant Principal at Willow Springs and Oak Hollow elementaries, replacing Prescott.
John Hellwig, currently an Assistant Principal at Midvale Middle School, will be an Assistant Principal at Eastmont Middle School, replacing Ben Jameson, who has resigned to accept an administrative position in the Jordan School District.
Justin Matagi, currently an Assistant Principal at Alta High School, will be an Assistant Principal at Midvale Middle School, replacing Hellwig.
Brian McGill, currently Principal of the Academy of Math, Engineering and Science, will be an Assistant Principal at Alta High School, replacing Matagi.
The Canyons Board of Education on May 29, 2012 ratified the appointments.
