Chapel Hill administrator comes home to Durham for top Creekside post
May 24, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Hank Hurd, Associate Superintendent, Administrative Services, 560-2504
DURHAM—Letisha N. Judd, assistant principal of a Chapel Hill elementary school, has been named Principal of Creekside Elementary School.
Judd has served as assistant principal at Ephesus Road Elementary School in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for the past year. She was assistant principal at McDougle Elementary School in the same school system for three years prior. Before that she was an administrative intern at Y.E. Smith Elementary School in Durham.
Judd also served as a classroom teacher at Oak Grove Elementary School for three years and Bethesda Elementary School for one year. She taught at Healthy Start Academy in Durham for two years. She also has served as a summer school principal in Chapel Hill. She is a native of Durham and a graduate of Southern High School.
“It is an honor to be named principal of Creekside Elementary School. It is a beautiful school with a strong sense of community,” said Judd. “I am looking forward to collaborating with our staff and parents to make sure that Creekside is an optimal learning environment for all students.”
Judd holds a master’s degree in school administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds two bachelor’s degrees from North Carolina Central University – one in elementary education and one in public administration.
“Letisha Judd has the elementary administrative experience along with the energy and motivation that will guarantee the continuation of the many great things happening at Creekside Elementary School,” said Superintendent Carl Harris. “Her leadership will serve the students, teachers and parents of Creekside well.”
