PENDLETON — The Pendleton School District Board at its April 7 meeting votes on hiring Angie Horton as the new principal of Sunridge Middle School.

Horton, a principal in the Warrenton Hammond School District, has held roles as a principal, vice principal, behavior support classroom teacher and a third-grade teacher in her district.

Before her time in Warrenton, she was a child treatment specialist at the Grande Ronde Child Care Center in La Grande.

According to the Pendleton School Districts press release, she attended Wallowa High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and business administration from Eastern Oregon University in 2001. She later earned a master’s degree in special education in 2019 from Western Governor’s University and a master’s degree in educational leadership from the same institution in 2022.

If the board approves Horton, she starts July 1, replacing Sunridge Middle School Principal Piper Kelm, who will retire June 30.