New principals set for Hillsborough schools, including new one in Wimauma
By Jack Evans
Three Hillsborough County educators have been named to new posts as principals, including the first to lead a new high school in Wimauma set to open next year.
Brittney Wilhelm, the principal at Jefferson High, will take on that role at the new school, Morgan High, in January, ahead of its planned opening in August. The district has said nearly 3,500 students will attend Morgan, which sits on an 87-acre campus in a growing part of the county.
Wilhelm, 40, joined the district in 2011. She was an assistant principal at Middleton High before being named principal at Jefferson in 2022.
The Hillsborough County School Board approved her appointment at its meeting Tuesday afternoon, along with the appointments of two other principals.
Heather Holloway, who has been the principal at Walker Middle since 2018, will be the new principal of Plant High beginning Monday. Holloway, 49, joined the district in 2010. She replaces Kimi Hellenberg, who has taken a job in the district’s alternative to out-of-school suspension program.
And Christa Washington, an assistant principal at LaVoy Exceptional Center who joined the district in 2020, will be the new principal at Eisenhower Exceptional Center. She also begins that job Monday.
Jack Evans is a reporter covering Pinellas County. He can be reached at jevans@tampabay.com.
New principals set for Hillsborough schools, including new one in Wimauma