John T. Kennedy will be the next president of Eastside Catholic School, effective July 1, the school announced March 26.
John T. Kennedy
Kennedy will join Eastside Catholic from Wakefield School in The Plains, Virginia, where he serves as assistant headmaster for finance and operations.
He previously served as assistant head for institutional advancement at Middleburg Academy in Middleburg, Virginia.
He has a master’s degree in education from Duquesne University in Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Niagara University in New York.
“With over 25 years of school administrative experience and a deep Catholic faith, we believe Mr. Kennedy is the right person to guide and strengthen the mission and touchstones of Eastside Catholic School,” Kurt Reasoner and Jim Alling, co-chairmen of Eastside Catholic’s board of trustees, said in a news release.
Kennedy recently traveled to Sammamish to spend a few days on campus, meeting with administrators, parents, faculty, staff and students.
“The opportunity to represent and honor Eastside Catholic’s distinguishing characteristics of academic excellence, relationships and servant leadership, as well as address topics with a global perspective and commitment to providing educational chances for students of varied cultural, religious, education and economic backgrounds is exciting,” Kennedy said in the release.
Kennedy replaces Mary Tracy as Eastside Catholic’s president. Tracy resigned in January 2014 after the controversial firing of a vice principal who admitted to being in a same-sex marriage. Tom Lord has been serving as the school’s interim president since July 2014.