Lexington Two has announced three new assistant principals for the upcoming 2026-2027 school year.

At its board meeting on April 23, on the recommendation of Interim Superintendent Dr. Angela Cooper, the Lexington Two Board of Trustees approved the hiring of assistant principals Britney Bundrick and Melissa Collins at Wood Elementary School, and Rhoda Chatman at Pine Ridge Middle School. 

Mrs. Bundrick is currently a third grade teacher at Springdale Elementary, where she has served since 2021 and was named Teacher of the Year in 2024. Mrs. Bundrick is coming back to a familiar place in Wood Elementary, where she started her education career in 2011 and taught for four years. She later taught at Saxe Gotha Elementary in Lexington One.  Since joining Lexington Two, she has served as a Guiding Coalition and Team Lead from 2022-2026 and has contributed to the district as a Launch teacher, SC Teaching Standards 4.0 Evaluator, Title One District Planning Committee member, School Improvement Council member, cooperating teacher, and Lex 2 Grows member. She has also helped write district curriculum for five years. Mrs. Bundrick has a bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from the College of Charleston and a master’s in Educational Leadership from Arkansas State University.

Ms. Collins joined Lexington Two in 2025 and is currently a fifth grade teacher at Riverbank Elementary.  Prior to that, she served as a special education teacher at CS112 The Bronxwood School and previously taught sixth grade at Icahn Charter School 6, where she also held leadership roles supporting professional learning, data analysis, curriculum planning, and teacher development. Since joining Lexington Two, she has provided standards-aligned instruction in fifth grade math and science, using data-driven and differentiated strategies to support diverse learners, including students with IEPs and 504 plans. She is currently participating in the Lex2 Grows Leadership Development Cohort. She has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Elementary Education, both from Quinnipiac University, and a master’s from the American College of Education.

Mrs. Chatman currently serves as assistant principal at John P. Thomas Elementary School in Richland One, where she supports daily school operations, teacher development, special education compliance, student services, and school-wide systems. Her career also includes previously serving in the roles of school counselor, teacher, case manager, and director of school counseling and advisement across multiple Lexington County school districts, among them Lexington-Richland 5 (Ballentine Elementary, CrossRoads Intermediate, Dutch Fork Middle), Lexington One (Pleasant Hill Middle), as well as an earlier role in Lexington Two as a teacher/case manager at New Bridge Academy.  She started her education career as a teacher at Denmark-Olar Elementary School in Bamberg County School District. Mrs. Chatman has a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and Master of Education degree in Counselor Education, both from SC State University, and an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Cambridge College.

All will begin their new roles on July 1.