Crocker Named Principal of Moore Middle School
Lee Crocker, a veteran teacher and administrator in the Portland Public Schools, has been named principal of Lyman Moore Middle School for the 2006-2007 school year. Crocker previously served for five years as assistant principal at Portland High School. At Moore, he will replace Stephen Rogers, who has taken a one-year position as Portland High assistant principal.
Crocker taught social studies and special education at Lincoln Middle School, Portland High and in the Portland Rehabilitative Education Program for 27 years before becoming assistant principal in 2001. He has played an important role in establishing standards to meet local learning results and in other aspects of school improvement.
In other administrative changes, Sheila Jepson, formerly the principal of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, has been appointed assistant principal at Deering High School. Jepson was a special education teacher, assistant director of special education and assistant principal before becoming Bonny Eagle’s principal seven and a half years ago.
Gary Groves has joined Deering as co-curricular director, a position that he formerly held at Westbrook High School and Portland High. Groves previously worked in sports management, running Anaheim Stadium in southern California and coordinating the hundreds of activities taking place in that major league ballpark.
Both Jepson and Groves will replace administrators who chose to return to the classroom. Carlos Gomez will teach Spanish at Deering again, after serving for one year as assistant principal. Scott Shibles will teach health and physical education at Casco Bay High School.
