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Principal Selected For Moon Lake

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By RONNIE BLAIR

The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 31, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Moon Lake Elementary is about to get a new principal for the second time in less than five months.

Cara Allen, principal at Giella Elementary, will transfer Aug. 10 to the leadership role at Moon Lake.

The Pasco County School Board approved Allen's appointment Tuesday.

She succeeds Susan Barcellino, who came to Pasco County from Collier County in March to take the Moon Lake principal job. Barcellino resigned to return to Collier County and resume working for the school district there.

The district has not yet chosen a principal for Giella Elementary.

Allen, a veteran educator and administrator, began her career in 1984 as a teacher in Hernando County, according to a school district memorandum.

In 1994, she was hired as an assistant principal at Gulfside Elementary and later served as an assistant principal at Sand Pine Elementary. She became principal at Giella Elementary in 2001.

Allen holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and a master's degree in education from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

Reporter Ronnie Blair can be reached at (813) 948-4218 or rblair@tampatrib.com.

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