Long Lots Elementary School will have a new principal this July.
The Westport Board of Education appointed M. Rex Jones during its meeting Monday night as the new principal for Long Lots, and he will start in his position on July 1.
Jones comes from the Fairfield School District where he is principal at Jennings Elementary School, and he has previously a principal in Fairfield for five years and served two years as the school and program improvement director.
Schools Superintendent Elliott Landon said he was very pleased school officials could bring an educator “with an outstanding educational background” like Jones to Westport.
His strengths are in instructional leadership and in interpersonal relationships, he said, and they will be an asset to the school district and Long Lots.
Jones lives in Redding and received his undergraduate degree from Florida State University.
He also holds a Masters of Education and Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Theological Seminar in Fort Worth, Tex. and a Sixth Year in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida.
Long Lots Assistant Principal Karen Griffin has headed Long Lots since Cheryl Dwyer left her position as principal. Dwyer had replaced long-time principal Barbara Lasher.
