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Sarasota County Schools Superintendent Lori White has named an assistant principal as the next principal of Lamarque Elementary School in North Port, the district has announced. Brandon Johnson, who has served as assistant principal of Brentwood Elementary School since July 2012, is scheduled to begin the job as Lamarque's new leader on July 1, pend- ing School Board approval, a news release says. He will succeed Sally Mancheno, who is retiring from the district after leading the school since before it opened in August 2006, the release adds. Lamarque Elementary has about 875 students. Johnson, 33, began working with the Sarasota County Schools in the summer of 2005 as a teacher for children with special needs in grades three through five at Emma E. Booker Elementary in Sarasota, the release continues. "He also served that school as a fourth-grade teacher and as a resource for teachers of spe- cial needs students," it adds. Johnson became an assistant principal intern at Emma E. Booker Elementary in February 2010 through a district program that trains teachers to be administrators, the release notes. He also served as an assistant principal intern at Bay Haven School of Basics Plus in Sarasota before being named assistant princi- pal at Brentwood. "I'm incredibly excited and grateful for this opportunity to be part of the Lamarque school community," said Johnson in the release. As assistant principal at Brentwood, the release points out, he was a summer school administrator, data coach and test and volun- teer coordinator. He also served on district committees to create a new elementary report card and to update the Student and Family Handbook, the release notes. Additionally, he has served as a mentor for children, working with Big Brothers/Big Sisters and Take Stock in Children programs. He also was a member of the NAACP Youth Advisory Counsel. Johnson is married to Rashea Johnson. NEW PRINCIPAL NAMED FOR LAMARQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Brandon Johnson/Contributed photo Enjoy The Sarasota News Leader Anytime - Day Or Night SarasotaNewsLeader.com Sarasota News Leader June 6, 2014 Page 71