Board appoints Lackey High School principal
The Board of Education has named James Short as acting principal at Henry E. Lackey High School.
Short, a resident of Waldorf, currently serves as an assistant school administrator at Montgomery Blair High School in Montgomery County and concurrently as principal of the evening and Saturday School for Montgomery County Public Schools.
Short returns to Charles County Public Schools where he started his teaching career in 1987 at Thomas Stone High School. He taught in Charles County until 1995 when he took a position at Blair as a special education teacher. He was promoted to his current positions in 2004.
A graduate of Lackey, Short earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Richmond, his special education certification from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and his master's degree in education from Bowie State University.
The appointment takes effect immediately.

