NEWBERRY, Fla. (WCJB) - Newberry’s upcoming charter school now has a principal set to take charge.

Board members for Newberry Community School, currently Newberry Elementary, unanimously approved the contract for Lacy Roberts as principal. Roberts was already working as a consultant for the charter school organization.

The public school is set to complete its conversion to a charter school starting next school year. The Florida Board of Education officially approved the charter school application in September.

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