Christian County Public Schools has announced that longtime Pembroke Elementary School Principal Dana Gary will retiring, effective the end of December.
Dana has served as principal since 2015 at Pembroke, and has been with the school through many challenges, including when the school was damaged by a tornado in 2021. According to a news release, her career began at Millbrooke Elementary in 1996 and spending ten years there—since then, she spent seven years at South Christian Elementary as a teacher and later curriculum specialist. Prior to being named principal at Pembroke Elementary, Ms. Gary served as an instructional behavior coach with the district serving Holiday and Hopkinsville Middle Schools.
Gary says, “It has been an honor to be a part of Christian County Public Schools the last twenty-seven and a half years. Christian County Public Schools is the only job I have ever known, and the only school system I have ever been a part of. I credit the system for helping to shape me into the person I am today as both a student and an educator in the system. My education journey has come full circle as I started my education as a student at Pembroke Elementary School and now retiring as the principal.”
The Site Based Decision Making Council will begin the process of selecting a new principal for Pembroke Elementary School. To allow for a smooth transition into the new role, the council would like to name a new principal by early December.