Lexington High, River Bluff High Get New Assistant Principals

Lexington County School District One hired two new administrators and promoted one employee, the district announced Thursday.

Matthew McCormack, currently an assistant principal at Richland One's A.C. Flora High School, will serve as assistant principal at Lexington High School. 

McCormack has eight years of educationa experience and started his career in 2005 as a math teacher at Lexington One's White Knoll High. He has been at A.C. Flora High since 2010.

Tara D. Black, who is an assistant administrator at Lexington High School, was promoted to assistant principal at the district's newest school, River Bluff High, which is set to open in the fall. 

Black has 19 years of educational experience. She began her career as a math teacher and cheerleading coach in 1994 at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill. She worked at Palmetto High School in Anderson before moving to Lexington High in 1997.  

The district also hired Holly Sullivan as science coordinator in Instructional Services. 

Sullivan has 18 years of educational experience and currently serves as science department chair and teacher at Lugoff-Elgin High School in the Kershaw County School District. She also worked at high schools in Texas and North Carolina before moving to E.L.Wright Middle in Richland District Two. 

Lexington One's Board of Trustees approved the two hires and the promotion at their March 19 meeting.