Stafford, Va. — A former school principal in Manassas will take over at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, the school now infamously known for the Banana Man controversy.
Michael Byers will begin his duties at the school Jan. 3, after relocating from his current position as assistant principal at Briar Woods High School in Loudoun County, said Stafford schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
During Byers’ 17 years in education, he has taught health and worked as an athletic trainer in Manassas Public Schools, and was promoted to assistant principal at Osbourn High School in that city.
Colonial Forge had been led by an interim administrator following the resignation of Dr. Karen Spillman, who ordered the suspension of a 14-year-old student who ran onto a football field during a game wearing a banana costume.
Beyers has worked in Loudoun County since 2005, is a graduate of George Mason University, and earned his Master’s degree from Virginia Tech.
