Doug Martin, former principal at Banneker Elementary, will be Mountain View Elementary's new principal this year.

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Deborah Lee, former assistant principal at Emerick Elementary, will be the new principal at Banneker Elementary in Middleburg.

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Nereida Gonzalez-Sales will take over the principal's job at Sterling Middle School. She was previously the assistant principal at Lanier Middle School in Fairfax.

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Melinda Carper will take over the principal's office at Ball's Bluff Elementary School in Leesburg. She was previously principal at Rolling Ridge Elementary.

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Angela Gwynne-Atwater will be principal at Liberty Elementary in South Riding, opening this year.

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Janet Radcliffe, former principal at Potowmack Elementary, will take over the principal's office at Stueart W. Weller Elementary in Ashburn, which opens this year.

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Andrew Davis, former assistant principal at Sterling Elementary, will be Rolling Ridge Elementary's new principal.

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Kimberly Berkey is the principal at Creighton's Corner Elementary in Brambleton, which opens this school year.

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The buzz around Chase Williams has been building. "To be quite honest, we've been bombarded," Loudoun County Coach Todd Hill said. "It's across the board. They know Chase has the potential; he's got the frame. He's 6-3, 235 [pounds], he can run, he's strong. Good gracious the kid benches 360 and again he's 16 years old."

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Even after Gregg Williams latched on with the Jacksonville Jaguars after being let go by the Redskins earlier this year, he said there was no doubt about where his son wanted to go to school. "We looked into some things in Florida, and I was impressed by some of the schools. But Chase loves his school, he loves his coaches, he loves his teammates, he's coming off a great season there and that's where he wanted to stay."

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Mikayla Robinson rests on her father's shoulder, Robby Robinson of Chantilly, as they listen to the welcome announcement during a picnic for the students and their families. Robby's son, Chris, is a student at the Loudoun Academy of Science.

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George Wolfe, the principal of the Loudoun Academy of Science, talks with Paula Vorndran, while Donita Prakash laughs it up during a welcome back picnic for the students and their families. Vorndran and Prakash both have students attending the academy.

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Tatiana Lozano, 14, a freshman at the Loudoun Academy of Science, talks with her mother, Theresa, as her father, Butch, has a bite to eat during a welcome back picnic for the students and their families.

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George Wolfe, the principal of the Loudoun Academy of Science, high fives senior Fiona Ritchey as she sits with other seniors, Alex Sack, James Thomas, Heather Ellis and Brandon Hall, during a welcome back picnic for the students and their families.

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Third grade teacher Leah Schumaker has just received the wall posters she's been waiting for. Schumaker will be teaching in her first year at the newly opened Liberty Elementary in South Riding.

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