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Five principals in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools have accepted new positions within the district. Karen Roseboro will be the Priority Schools Coordinator; Donna Cannon will be the Human Resources Director for Talent and Professional Development; Michael Hayes will be the social studies program manager; Ted Burcaw will be the principal at Diggs-Latham Elementary; and Ramona Warren will be the principal at Morgan Elementary.

Roseboro will be the district’s first Priority School Coordinator. The position was created to provide support for the 11 federally identified Priority Schools. Roseboro will be an advocate, coach and support liaison to the schools, as well as assist with compliance responsibilities.

Roseboro has been the principal of North Hills Elementary School since 2009. Before that, she was the principal of Shepherd Elementary in Iredell County for two years. She also served as an assistant principal at Cash Elementary and worked as a teacher at Parkland High School and Wiley Middle School.

Roseboro earned a bachelor’s degree in history from East Carolina University, a master’s degree in educational leadership from Gardner Webb University, and an education specialist’s degree and a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Wingate University.

Cannon has served as the principal at Diggs-Latham Elementary since 2011. She was the principal at Cash Elementary for two years and an assistant principal at Old Richmond Elementary for three years. She replaces Paula Wilkins, who was named principal at Cook Literacy Model School. Cannon also taught at Moore Magnet School and Walkertown Elementary School.

Cannon earned a bachelor’s degree in early childhood/elementary education from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree from Appalachian State University.

Cannon will be replaced by Burcaw, who has been the principal at The Children’s Center since 2014. He was the principal of Kingswood School from 2010 to 2014 and Cook Elementary from 2004 to 2010. He has also worked as an assistant principal at Sedge Garden, a home-school coordinator at Mineral Springs Elementary and a pastor for the Moravian Church in America.

He has a bachelor’s degree from Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., and master’s degrees from Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Hayes has been the principal at Morgan since 2011. Prior to that, he was the principal at Southwest Elementary School for four years. He replaces Andrew Kraft, who is the interim Director of Accountability. Hayes also served as a principal intern and teacher for Iredell County Schools.

Hayes earned a bachelor’s degree in middle grades education and a master’s degree in school administration from University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

He will be followed at Morgan by Warren, who has been the principal of Sedge Garden Elementary for seven years. Prior to that, she was an assistant principal of Clemmons Elementary for five years. Warren taught for 9 years, including sever-al as an exceptional children’s teacher at Clemmons Middle, before becoming a N.C. Principal Fellow in 2002. She served her administrative internship at Mineral Springs Middle and Clemmons Elementary.

She has a bachelor’s degree from Lees-McRae College, a master’s degree of arts from Appalachian State University and a master’s degree in school administration from the University of North Carolina at