The William S. Hart District appointed four new school principals, including three district employees and one outside hire.

The Hart District named Four new principals Wednesday, to fulfill positions at Canyon High School, Hart High School, Saugus High School and Placerita Junior High School.

Shellie Holcombe

Holcombe was named new principal at Canyon’s High School, after serving as an assistant principal at Saugus High for the last four years and is set to start Feb. 20.

Prior to Holcombe’s administration chapter of her career, she taught four years of English at Canyon High school.

 Before coming to the Hart District, Holcombe taught 11 years for an elementary school in the Sulphur Springs School District.

Holcombe is a graduate of Saugus High School, COC, CSUN and UCLA.

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 Jason d-Auremont

The district employee was named the principal for Hart High School after being an assistant principal in the district, and is set to start Feb. 20.

Currently, d-Auremont is the principal at Canyon High School, but will be returning to Hart to take reins from current Principal Dr. Collyn Nielsen who accepted the cabinet-level position of Chief Administrative Officer for the Hart School District, according to officials.

Before d-Auremont was the principal at Canyon High School he was the Assistant Principal there from 2012-2014, said officials.

D-Auremont served as the assistant principal at Hart High School from 2009-2012 after teaching special education and chairing the Special Education Department from 2003-2009, as well as coaching varsity football from 2002-2009.

The principal has a Master Degree in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

Stephen Ford

Ford was named Principal for Valencia High School and is new to the Hart District.

The principal is set to take over at Valencia beginning on July 1, after current Principal John Costanzo retires at the end of this school year.

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 Ford is new to the Hart District but has been a principal in the Antelope Valley High School District since 2012, according to officials.

Ford was an assistant principal at two separate high schools in the Antelope Valley, and before that he was a teacher and football coach at Lancaster High School, said officials.

The principal has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a master’s degree in educational administration.

John Turner

Turner is set to become the principal of Placerita Junior High School with the promotion of Jan Hayes-Rennels to the District Office as Director of Special Programs and Staff Development, and is set to start Feb. 20, according to officials.

John Turner has been an assistant principal at Hart High School since 2005 where he has been responsible for facilities, professional development, special education, athletics, activities, technology and English Learners, according to officials.

The newly-appointed principal has a Bachelor of Science in Education and Master of Science in Biology from Tennessee Technological University, and an Educational Specialist Degree from Lincoln Memorial University in Educational Leadership.

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