Wake County school board member Keith Sutton has raised nearly $20,000 in his bid to keep the District 4 seat.

The new campaign report filed today shows Sutton having raised $19,892 as of Aug. 30 with $12,272.86 on hand. No report has been filed yet by opponent Venita Peyton.

Sutton's biggest individual donor in the new report is Capitol Broadcasting CEO Jim Goodmon, who gave $1,000. It's Goodmon's first recorded school board contribution this season, but he is one of the hosts for a Wake County Democratic Party fundraiser being held next week.

We now have a new principal at Baucom Elementary School in Apex.

The school board just appointed Tammy Jahad to be Baucom's new principal, starting Wednesday. She replaces Ve-Lecia Council, who left to run Sanford Creek Elementary School.

Jahad has worked in Wake since 1999 and been an assistant principal at Apex Middle School since 2006. She will receive a salary of $79,094.

UPDATE

Click here for Jahad's bio sheet.

We've got new principals tonight for Brier Creek and Sanford Creek elementary schools.

The school board announced that Ve-Lecia Council will take over at Sanford Creek Elementary in Rolesville. She replaces Jamee Lynch, who is now principal of the East Wake School of Integrated Technology.

Council has been principal of Baucom Elementary in Apex since 2005.

UPDATE

Bio sheets now at the end of the post.