She also served stint as athletic director at Newton-Conover
By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
CHARLOTTE – Erica Turner — who knows about tough jobs, challenges and excelling — is moving into a bigger role.
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Turner, a former basketball star at Bandys High, is leaving her principal’s job at Rocky River High to become the new athletic director for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
The move was announced on Tuesday.
Turner is also a former athletic director at Newton-Conover High with a broad range of athletic administration experience.
She has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in physical education from North Carolina A&T, a master’s in school administration from Gardner-Webb University and a specialist in education administration from UNC Greensboro.
One of the state’s top players during her playing career at Bandys, she signed with North Carolina and later transferred to N.C. A&T.
Turner has been principal at Rocky River since 2016 after tenures as principal at Statesville Middle from 2014-16, and she was an assistant principal at Statesville High from 2013-14.
After leaving Newton-Conover, she became director of athletics for the Almanace-Burlington school system. She was at Newton-Conover from 2009-12.
PRESS RELEASE BY CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS: https://www.cms.k12.nc.us/News/Pages/CMS-announces-two-new-principal-appointments-and-an-athletic-director.aspx
MORE ON TURNER: https://www.minthilltimes.com/hometown/meet-rocky-river-high-schools-principal-ericia-turner/
TURNER WINS AWARD: https://www.cms.k12.nc.us/News/Pages/Ericia-Turner-%E2%80%98I-want-my-purpose-to-be-evident-every-day%E2%80%99.aspx
