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Gates Chili BOE appoints two new instructional leaders

Posted Date: 05/28/25 (08:00 AM)
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Gates Chili BOE appoints two new instructional leaders

The Gates Chili Board of Education has appointed two new leaders to the district’s leadership team.

Lora Bower will be the next principal at Florence Brasser Elementary School. 

Bower is currently serving as assistant principal at Village Elementary School in the Hilton Central School District, where she also served as a teacher from 2013-2021.

Bower is a relationship-focused leader who commits herself to open communication and an unwavering support for both students and staff. 

She holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and a certificate of advanced study from SUNY Brockport.
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Michael Perkins will be the newest assistant principal at Gates Chili High School.

Perkins currently serves as an assistant principal at University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men in Rochester. 

He also has past experience as a dean of students, care manager at Golisano Children’s Hospital and a youth advocate with the Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection. 

Perkins holds a bachelor’s from Alfred University, a master’s from American Public University and a certificate of advanced study from SUNY Brockport. In addition, he is a GC dad of two Paul Road Panthers!

As part of each of these formal search processes, there were nearly or more than 20 applicants for each position. Each candidate interviewed with two committees comprised of students, staff and other district administrators. At Brasser, the district also hosted a virtual family forum, to give parents/guardians the opportunity to provide feedback on the principal finalists.

Thank you to the members of the Gates Chili school community who participated in the search processes for these positions. Both of these new leaders will start working with us before the end of this school year.