Wichita school district announces leadership changes at schools

The Wichita school district has announced leadership changes for next school year, including new principals at Northwest High School, Northeast Magnet High and more than a dozen other schools.

Gil Alvarez, principal at Northeast Magnet, will be principal at Northwest. He will replace Karen Pickert, who is retiring.

Matt Creasman, assistant principal at Northeast Magnet, will be principal of that school next year.

Three principals will move to district administrative positions or special assignments:

assisting priority and focus schools

Other new principal changes announced Friday:

superintendent of the Circle public school district

who recently resigned

This story was originally published May 17, 2013 at 9:04 AM with the headline "Wichita school district announces leadership changes at schools."