Chas Coker
Charleston County School District recently announced Wando High School's permanent principal, Moultrie Middle School's interim principal and Thomas C. Cario Middle School's permanent principal.
Moultrie Middle principal to lead Wando High School
Chas Coker has served as principal at Moultrie Middle School in Mount Pleasant since March 2020. Current Associate Principal at West Ashley High School, Nick Reece, will serve as interim principal at Moultrie beginning in July.
Coker began his career in 2009 as a probability and statistics teacher at Wando while also serving as head coach of the junior varsity baseball team and offensive line coach for the ninth grade football team.
A recognized and demonstrated leader both inside and outside the classroom, it was not long before Coker was promoted to an assistant principal in 2014.
As an assistant principal at Wando, Coker served as the professional development coordinator and led the 21st Century Learning team in developing and designing curriculum and professional development for staff.
In addition to supporting the administration in the master school scheduling and budgeting process, Coker coordinated over 19,000 textbooks and chaired the Ed Elements and Re-Design teams charged with developing an instructional model for the school. At the state level, Coker was selected to participate in the Profile of a SC Graduate Competencies focus group with the South Carolina State Department of Education and served as Wando’s TransformSC application coordinator and liaison.
“Mr. Coker is a skilled leader with whom I have had the privilege of working during his earlier time at Wando,” said Dr. Sherry Eppelsheimer, the associate superintendent of the High School Learning Community. “...I know undoubtedly that Chas will do an outstanding job leading the staff and students at Wando to new heights."
With a proven commitment to creating positive learning environments and equipping staff with the necessary resources and support to help better ensure all students are college and career ready, Coker was a natural choice for the principal position at Moultrie Middle in 2020.
Under his leadership, Moultrie has continued to see academic gains receiving an Excellent report card rating for the 2021-2022 school year and the third highest score on SC PASS for public middle schools. Moultrie also received recognition as a 2020-2021 Project Lead The Way (PLTW) school.
Coker holds a bachelor's degree in math education from Clemson University and a master's degree in educational leadership from the American College of Education.
Nick Reese to lead Moultrie Middle as interim principal
Nicholas Reece
Nick Reece is the new interim principal at Moultrie Middle. He has served as an associate principal at West Ashley High School for the last five years.
In 2004, Reece joined the district as a seventh grade science teacher at Thomas C. Cairo Middle School. In addition to teaching during his nine years at Cario, Reece also served as an assistant administrator and as an assistant varsity swimming coach and boys basketball coach for Wando High School.
Reece relocated out of state to Delaware in 2014 where he joined Sussex Technical School in Georgetown as a sixth grade science teacher. The following year he was promoted to assistant principal at nearby Delmar High School in Delmar before returning to Sussex Technical as an assistant principal in 2016.
Reece returned to South Carolina in July 2018 and rejoined CCSD at West Ashley High School as an associate principal. During the last five years, Reece has helped organize professional development opportunities for Wildcat faculty and staff, create the master schedule and facilitate the student requesting process throughout the year, lead the multi-tiered systems of support academic subcommittee as chair and administered over 400 exams as the school’s AP test coordinator.
“We are excited to welcome Mr. Reece to Moultrie Middle School,” said Dr. Joseph Williams, the associate superintendent of the Middle School Learning Community. “I know Mr. Reece will bring the expertise, leadership, and energy necessary to the Moultrie scholars and families to help ensure continued student success, support and growth.”
Reece holds a bachelor's degree in health science and a minor in computer science from James Madison University. He also earned a master's in teaching secondary education from The Citadel and a Master of Education in Secondary Administration and Supervision from Charleston Southern University.
Bryan Coleman to serve as permanent principal for Thomas C. Cario Middle School
Bryan Coleman
Bryan Coleman, the permanent principal at Thomas C. Cario Middle School has served as interim principal at the school since July 2022.
Coleman entered the field of education in 2005 as an eighth grade science teacher at Greece Apollo Middle School in Greece, NY. Three years later, Coleman joined the teaching staff at Thomas C. Cario Middle where he has served in various capacities for the last 15 years.
Initially serving as a seventh grade science teacher, Coleman was quickly recognized for his outstanding instructional and leadership skills in the classroom. As science department chair, Coleman planned and designed ongoing professional development in the areas of literacy, rigor, technology and integration. Additionally, he created a needs analysis to develop a budget for science resources and collaboratively planned vertical articulation meetings with high school teachers to support student success.
Coleman’s track record of success led him to earn an administrative internship position and eventually an assistant principal position in 2008 where he consistently assisted with daily operations; planned and developed professional development for all departments; served as the administrative representation for PTSO, on the school improvement council (SIC), and on the Park West Education Fund board; developed the school’s master schedule; and established data-based instructional goals for teachers in alignment with evaluations.
“Mr. Coleman has demonstrated tremendous leadership in his various roles and positions at Cario throughout the last 15 years,” said Dr. Joseph Williams, Associate Superintendent of Middle School Learning Community. “We are excited to welcome him to this role permanently and are confident he will continue to provide a high-quality educational experience and learning environment to the scholars, staff and families of Cario Middle.”
Coleman holds a bachelor's degree in earth science education and a minor in geology from Buffalo State College. He also earned a master's of educational leadership in secondary administration from Charleston Southern University.
