The school board has hired Kendra O’Neal-Williams to be the new principal at the J.D. Clement Early College High School program based at N.C. Central University.

She replaces Nicholas King, who has accepted a position with Northampton County Schools.

O’Neal-Williams, who is a Durham native and graduate of Northern High School, most recently has served as assistant principal of Riverside High School for two years. Before that, she was a principal intern at W.G. Pearson Elementary School.