At its March 20 meeting, the Bartlesville Board of Education will consider naming Dr. Matt Hancock as the Principal and Aaron Kestner as Assistant Principal at Central Middle School for the next academic year.
Matt Hancock has been with the district since 2009, where he began teaching and coaching at Bartlesville Mid-High School. In 2014, Matt transitioned to Assistant Principal for Madison Middle School and in 2017 he shifted to Bartlesville High School where he has served as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Activities, Adult Education Director, Online Director, and most recently as Assistant Principal, Director of Virtual Learning, and Principal of Bruin Academy, the alternative high school program. Matt and his wife Amanda live in Bartlesville with their two children, Cash and Emilee, who attend Central Middle School and Bartlesville High School.
Aaron Kestner began in the district last year as a school counselor at Central Middle School. Previously, he was a teacher and Title I Coordinator at Cape View Elementary, a Teacher of Assignment of Discipline and Title I Coordinator for Columbia Elementary in Florida, Assistant Principal at Manatee Elementary in Florida, and most recently a fifth grade teacher in Dewey. Aaron and his wife, Amanda, live in Bartlesville with their two children: Reef, a future Bruin, and Carter, who attends Wayside.