Brent Elementary School
Norah Lycknell is the new principal at Brent Elementary School for School Year 2017-2018. She comes to the principal role at Brent with 16 years of experience in education. Most recently, she served as the principal at Brookland Middle School for the past two years. Prior to the principal role at Brookland, Norah led Janney Elementary School as the principal for six years. Additionally, she has worked as a resident principal, assistant principal, and teacher with DCPS. During her time at Janney, the school almost doubled in size: both in terms of student population and physical plant. She was also part of the DCPS Executive Masters in Leadership through Georgetown University. Lycknell received her bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Northwestern University, her master’s degree in teaching from American University, and her master’s degree in educational leadership from Trinity University.