Pennsbury School Board Names New Administrators

FALLSINGTON, PA — Pennsbury's school board on Thursday appointed four people to to administrative positions.

Timothy Holman was named the district's new director of facilities, Timothy McCleary was appointed the district’s new director of technology, Jeanmarie McGinley was named acting principal at Afton Elementary School and Maria Gregory was re-appointed as an administrative intern at William Penn Middle School.

The appointments were made at the board of directors' regular meeting.

Holman will begin work on or before July 24. He'll replace Michael Dumin, who is retiring in late July.

Holman comes to Pennsbury from the School District of Philadelphia, where he served as director of facilities management and services since last year. Prior to that, he was assistant director of operations for the district.

"The entire interview committee was impressed with Mr. Holman’s work ethic, knowledge, and skills that led to his success in advancing up the organizational ladder in Philadelphia," said Superintendent William Gretzula. "Further, his current supervisor referred to him as 'a man of core values who has intelligence plus character. He leans on his experience and has been a great collaborator with colleagues at all levels of the organization.' "

Holman currently is working toward a global leadership certificate from Wharton School of Business. He will be responsible for supervising a staff of nearly 200 employees in maintaining over 2 million square feet of building space.

McCleary will start later this summer after being released by his current employer. He'll replace outgoing technology director Brad McCormick, who will return to his previous position as supervisor of educational technology.

McCleary joins Pennsbury after serving as the assistant director of technology for the Cheltenham School District since 2009.

Prior to that, he was the lead network and desktop support specialist in the technology department at Bensalem Township School District.

"Tim and I had the pleasure of working together over a decade ago in Bensalem and I
look forward to partnering with him again on behalf of the Pennsbury School District
community," Gretzula said.

The director of technology is responsible for the leadership, planning, coordination, communication, evaluation and monitoring of the district’s technology programs, including the student information and business function systems.

McCleary holds a master’s degree in information technology leadership from La Salle University and earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Millersville University.

McGinley was appointed to be the acting principal at Afton Elementary School for the 2020-21 academic year. She will be replacing Joseph Masgai, who was selected to serve for a one-year term as a resident ambassador in the U.S. Department of Education School Ambassador Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C.

Her duties will include staff evaluation, supervision and development, evaluation and administration of the instructional and educational programs, scheduling, organization of student activities, student discipline, financial management, facilities management, coordination of transportation, office management and partnering with parents.

Most recently, McGinley served as an Educational Technology Administrative Intern in the Pennsbury Technology Department since 2018, specializing in assisting faculty and administrators at the elementary level.

Gregory was re-appointed to serve as an administrative intern at William Penn Middle
School, where she served previously in the same position during the spring of 2019 and
throughout the 2019-2020 academic year.

"Ms. Gregory has been a valuable team player at William Penn during the past year and a half,
and we are delighted she will be returning to work with us again this year," said Principal
Christopher Becker. "She has gotten to know the staff and the students of William Penn and is
very well liked. To have Ms. Gregory continuing in her role as Administrative Intern will be
beneficial to all."