New Southwest Elementary principal announced

{Photo: Hall-Woodward Elementary website}

Princess Pressley has been named principal of Southwest Elementary School in Lexington. She comes to Lexington City Schools (LCS) from Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (WSFCS). Since 2017, she has been an assistant principal at Hall-Woodward Elementary School.

At the school, she was a member of the professional learning team which supported the fifth grade team in increasing its science proficiency in 2018. Pressley also founded the "‘Girls with Pearls’ mentoring program and developed a more efficient car rider line.

Prior to her employment at WSFCS, Pressley was a teacher, district coach and instructional facilitator at Durham Public Schools. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from North Carolina A&T State University and a Master of School Administration from Gardner-Webb University.

LCS Superintendent Dr. Anitra Wells issued the following statement:
”We are overjoyed to have Ms. Pressley join our administrative team. The interview committee was very impressed with her instructional background and knowledge as well as her experiences of coaching and supporting struggling schools. At this time, we do not have an anticipated start date because she is currently serving in an administrative position in Winston Salem-Forsyth. We hope that she will be released from that contract within the next 30 days.”