The Wake County school board appointed Darryl Fisher this evening to become the interim principal of Wilburn Elementary School in North Raleigh.

Fisher replaces Mark Tracy, who is leaving to take a job in another district. Fisher will fill in at Wilburn from April 1 through the end of the school year.

Fisher has plenty of first-hand experience at Wilburn, serving as principal from 1985 to 2006 and more recently as interim assistant principal. But losing a principal at this point in the school year probably isn't great considering that Wilburn is a Renaissance School, meaning it's getting additional federal funding because of its test scores.

The Wake County school board appointed interim principals tonight for River Bend Elementary School and Longview School.

Darryl Fisher will serve as interim principal of River Bend, located in northeast Raleigh, from Feb. 1 to April 1. Fisher was the principal of Wilburn Elementary for 21 years.

Ramey Beavers' stay as the intern principal at Longview, an alternative school in East Raleigh, was extended through May 1. Beavers, the former head of student assignment, has been filling in at Longview since October.

The Wake County school board announced Tuesday two new high school principals and two interim principals.

Patti Hamler will now be principal of Wake Forest-Rolesville High School with a salary of $124,043. Hamler is a former high school principal who has been principal of Leesville Road Middle School in North Raleigh since 2007.

David Schwenker will be principal of Southeast Raleigh HIgh School with a salary of $109,137. Schwenker has been principal of Carnage Middle School in Raleigh since 2009.

There's an interesting mix of Wake County school administrators who are hearing this year's student transfer appeals.

You've got people such as former principals David Ansbacher, Virginia Cardenas and Darryl Fisher and Assistant Superintendent David Holdzkom. You've also got people who've never worked in a school such as Marilyn Moody, senior director for child nutrition; Betty Parker, director of real estate services; and Greg Thomas, director of communications.

The mix is deliberate. Each two-member panel consists of one person with school experience and one person with no school experience.