BASIS Independent McLean (BIM) appointed Sara Conyers and Chris Ferguson as the new directors of student affairs. Conyers will lead grades 8 – 12, and Ferguson will direct grades 4 – 7.

Last school year, Conyers served as the dean of students for grades 8-12.

She also has experience teaching bilingual elementary math, high school advanced-placement government and advanced-placement U.S. history, as well as middle school U.S. history.

Prior to joining BASIS Independent McLean, she was an administrator for a middle school gifted and talented program and a lead teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools.

Ferguson, a New York native, joins BIM from BASIS Prescott in Arizona where he served as the director of academic programs and taught middle school math. Ferguson also served as a team leader and department chair for Prescott Unified School District in Arizona.

For more information on BASIS Independent McLean, Conyers or Ferguson, go to mclean.basisindependent.com.