Kyle Bracewell, Mount Dora High
Kyle Bracewell, principal at Seminole Springs Elementary, is returning to Mount Dora High, where he had been an assistant principal eight years. This time, he will serve as principal, replacing Straughan.
Bracewell began his career at Umatilla Middle School as an ELA teacher and spent a year at Leesburg High School as literacy coach before being promoted to assistant principal at Mount Dora High. He was appointed principal at Seminole Springs Elementary in January 2023.
Terri Soos, Seminole Springs Elementary
Terri Soos, principal at Eustis Heights Elementary, is moving to Seminole Springs Elementary as principal, replacing Bracewell. Soos has held multiple roles in Lake County Schools including assistant principal at Eustis Heights, dean at Triangle Elementary and teacher and instructional coach at Eustis Elementary.
Juanita McCall, Eustis Heights Elementary
Juanita McCall,assistant principal at East Ridge Middle School, will replace Soos as principal at Eustis Heights Elementary. She grew up in Leesburg and is a product of Lake County Schools. Before joining the Lake district, she worked as a high school assistant principal in Osceola County.
Andrea Nelson, New Minneola K-8 school principal
Andrea Nelson, principal at Sawgrass Bay Elementary, has been appointed principal of the new K-8 school that will open in August 2025 in Minneola. Nelson started her education career in 2005 in Osceola County, where she worked as a teacher and instructional coach. She joined Lake County Schools in 2015 as a school specialist at the district office, where she provided support to schools and teachers. She was later appointed assistant principal at Sawgrass Bay Elementary and then, in 2020, principal.
Gary Locuson, Sawgrass Bay Elementary
Gary Locuson, assistant principal at Mount Dora Middle School, will replace Nelson as principal at Sawgrass Bay Elementary. A product of Lake County Schools, Locuson has worked as a paraprofessional, teacher, instructional dean and assistant principal.
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