McHENRY – McHenry School District 156 has announced that Jeff Prickett, principal of Richard Bernotas Middle School in Crystal Lake, will be the next principal of McHenry East High School. On Monday, the District 156 board approved Prickett joining the district as the new principal. He will take over July 1. Prickett will succeed Eric Blake, who has been McHenry East’s principal for the past four years.