Muncie School Board hires principals for Northside Middle School, North View Elementary

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MUNCIE, Ind. — Two Muncie schools will have someone new in the principal's office for the new school year.

The Muncie Community School Board on Tuesday hired Ben Williams as principal of Northside Middle School, and Aiesha Allen as principal of North View Elementary.

Williams comes to Muncie after five years as principal of Mount Vernon Middle School in Fortville, Indiana, following four years as the school’s assistant principal, according to a release from MCS. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's in educational administration from Ball State University, and is a graduate of the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute.

Allen, a longtime MCS employee, was a West View Elementary teacher for 15 years before being promoted to the Master Teacher position at North View last year, according to the release. She has a bachelor's degree in early childhood education from the University of Ohio and a master's in educational administration from Ball State.

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The board hired several other people to leadership roles in local schools on Tuesday, as well.

  • Kayla Arguello as hired as assistant principal at Muncie Central High School. A Muncie native, Arguello has spent the past three years as assistant principal at Decatur Middle School near Indianapolis and has 10 years of education experience overall. She holds a bachelor's in Spanish education from Indiana University and a master's in school administration from Indiana Wesleyan.

  • Randy McCracken was hired as assistant principal at Southside Middle School. McCracken joined MCS as temporary interim principal at Grissom Elementary during Brittany Charles’ pregnancy leave and then moved to Southside to assist the new principal there.

McCracken fills the vacancy left by Tameka Wilson, who moved into a new position at the end of last school year. She now serves as assistant principal to both Grissom Elementary and East Washington Academy, according to the release.

  • Kelsey Pavelka was hired as teacher and director of English Learners for the entire district. Before leaving MCS for a year, she taught in the Spanish Dual Language Immersion Program at West View Elementary. Her focus now will be to grow and strengthen the English Learners program, which has already grown significantly with the Afghan refugees who joined the district last year.

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