{"id":12346,"date":"2025-10-23T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/12346\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T11:37:09","slug":"amid-time-of-transition-fountain-hill-elementary-will-get-new-principal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/12346\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid time of transition, Fountain Hill Elementary will get new principal"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Fountain Hill Elementary School soon will have a new principal who is joining Bethlehem Area from a neighboring district.<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Area School Board on Monday approved hiring Elise Jones, an Easton Area administrator, to lead Fountain Hill at a salary of $130,000.<\/p>\n

Jones, who has more than 15 years experience in public education, will take the helm at a time of transition for Fountain Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This academic year students are learning at a temporary facility while site work continues for a new Fountain Hill school building that soon will be constructed from the ground up at 1330 Church St.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the previous Fountain Hill school building stood.<\/p>\n

The new building, which will cost $59 million to build, is slated to open for students by the 2027-28 academic year.<\/p>\n

Fountain Hill’s previous principal, Courtney Stambaugh, resigned from the position. Her last day was Oct. 7. <\/p>\n

Joseph Anthes has been serving as interim principal of Fountain Hill until Jones starts on the job. <\/p>\n

Anthes also is the district’s supervisor of related arts and social studies, K-12.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019 start date with Fountain Hill is to be determined.<\/p>\n

Jones to join BASD from Easton Area<\/p>\n

Currently, Jones is principal of Easton Area Middle School. Previously, she led Paxinosa Elementary School in Easton for six years.<\/p>\n

Jones has expertise in \u201cliteracy instruction, inclusive education and building positive school cultures,\u201d according to a Bethlehem Area School District news release.<\/p>\n

Jones also has experience closing achievement gaps, using trauma-informed practices and fostering relationships with district families and community partners, the release said.<\/p>\n

“We are excited to welcome Ms. Jones. Her leadership experience, instructional expertise, and commitment to building strong school communities make her an outstanding addition to the BASD team.”<\/p>\n

Jack Silva, Bethlehem Area Superintendent<\/p>\n

Jones received a master\u2019s degree in educational leadership from Wilkes University and a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology from Moravian University. <\/p>\n

She also has an elementary education certification from Moravian.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Silva praised Jones\u2019 \u201cleadership experience, instructional expertise, and commitment to building strong school communities,\u201d saying those attributes make her an \u201coutstanding addition\u201d to the district.<\/p>\n

Jones will focus on academic growth, inclusive practices and family engagement, according to the BASD news release.<\/p>\n

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Bethlehem Area School District<\/p>\n

Bethlehem Area recently hired two new elementary school principals. Elise Jones will lead Fountain Hill Elementary, and Ralph Andrews will lead Hanover Elementary. <\/p>\n

Hanover Elementary also gets new leader<\/p>\n

The district also recently hired Ralph Andrews as the new principal of Hanover Elementary School<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He will start on the job Nov. 24 at a salary of $124,829.<\/p>\n

Andrews comes to BASD from Palmerton Area School District in Carbon County. He is currently the elementary principal for both Parkside Education Center and S.S. Palmer Elementary School.<\/p>\n

The previous Hanover Elementary principal, Erin Hines, was placed on leave in March after she was arrested and charged with drunken driving<\/a>. She had crashed into three cars in a shopping center parking lot, police said.<\/p>\n

She is no longer employed by Bethlehem Area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 Fountain Hill Elementary School soon will have a new principal who is joining Bethlehem Area…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,9630,9631,9632,9633,9634,9635,9636,9637,9638],"class_list":["post-12346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-does-fountain-hill-elementary-have-a-new-principal","tag-elise-jones-bethlehem-area-school-district","tag-elise-jones-fountain-hill-elementary","tag-elise-jones-moving-from-easton-to-bethlehem-schools","tag-fountain-hill-elementary","tag-hanover-elementary-school-new-principal","tag-new-principal-fountain-hill-elementary","tag-ralph-andrews-hanover-elementary","tag-who-is-the-new-principal-of-hanover-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}