The Pattonville Board of Education on Feb. 13 approved the selection of Dr. Tamika Dukes as the principal at Holman Middle School, effective July 1.

Dukes currently serves as assistant principal of West Middle School in the Parkway School District. Prior to that, she was an art teacher at Remington Traditional School. Dukes started her educational career in the Lee Summit School District in Kansas City, Missouri, where she opened a new elementary school as the new art teacher. She then continued her career as a middle school teacher at East Middle School in the Hazelwood School District. 

Dukes earned a bachelor’s degree in K-12 art education and a master’s degree in instructional technology from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her doctorate in educational leadership from Maryville University.