New Principals Hired For Two LEUSD Campuses

There will be new leaders at Temescal Canyon High School and Lakeland Village School when school starts back up Aug. 13.

During it regularly scheduled meeting Thursday, the Lake Elsinore Unified School District governing board voted to approve the hiring of principals to fill vacancies at the campuses.

Dr. Whitney D’Amico, an assistant principal at Temescal Canyon High School, has been promoted to principal, and Nick Powers will take over at Lakeland Village School.

According to a district news release, Dr. D’Amico served as an assistant principal at Temescal Canyon High School this past school year after serving as principal at the LEUSD’s Earl Warren Elementary for three years. She fills the post following the departure of Principal Errol Garnett, who left the campus at the end of the 2011-12 school year for a position as director of personnel for the Alvord Unified School District.

Powers comes to the LEUSD from the Corona-Norco Unified School District, where he served as assistant principal at Letha Raney Intermediate School for one year, the district news release stated. He is replacing Rita Post, who is now principal at Elsinore Elementary School.

Following a brief introduction and the vote of approval Thursday, LEUSD Board President Susan E. Scott officially welcomed both D’Amico and Powers to the team.